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Shane Duarte

@shaneduarte.bsky.social
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Recovering former philosophy instructor. Parent to three 🐈‍⬛. 🇨🇦🇵🇹🇬🇱

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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 05/10/2026
Holy shit.
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Sandieglo @sandieglo.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
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Scott Edgar @scottedgar.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Paul didn't deserve to go that way.
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Amanda Katz @katzish.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Literally terrifying (also hilarious)
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heute jedoch nicht @heutejedochnicht.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
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Meta-Adbusting in der Londoner U-Bahn
Jeffrey Epstein mit Ray Ban Meta-Smartglasses und Denkblase „Finally, a pair that suits me...“
Caption: „GLASSES FOR PEOPLE WHO DON'T DO CONSENT“
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Shane Duarte @shaneduarte.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
"When we focus on polarization as the problem, the solution is for everyone to quiet down and be 'civil'—an outcome that benefits those who are willing to grab as much power as they can without concern for legality or civility."
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Shane Duarte @shaneduarte.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
The Catholic Church insists on its right to discriminate even in its administration of publicly-funded programs. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/30/o...
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Opinion | Religion Is the Roberts Court’s Unfinished Business (Gift Article)
This case has flown under the radar, but it won’t stay there.
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 27/09/2026
THIS SHOULD BE NATIONAL NEWS This has been public for more than a week, and I can’t find a single national TV report. Just local. Why? REPORT: A female Cornell student alleges she was pressured into taking ketamine, then sexually assaulted for hours by multiple Chi Phi fraternity members in 2024.
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⭐️ RAVEN @sunnydaze27.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Interesting how the right is always bashing Mamdani, saying the Jews don't feel safe in NY because he's the mayor. This protest paints a different picture 🤔 NY is the true melting pot.
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Tauriq Moosa @tauriq.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
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Henry Snow @henrys.now · 25/09/2026
I once told two friends of mine who aren't in academia how little money we'd need to properly fund and run a humanities department and both were stunned at how miserly public universities are
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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
This is an absolute disaster from a national security perspective. Obviously, a lot on F-35s is classified, but a weapons-bay door and a canopy with radar-absorbing material are some of the most sensitive. Hard to describe how bad this is.
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Lembas Eater @waybread.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
The problem with education is that it's a solved problem. Students need small classes, individual attention, lots of writing, lots of feedback, access to a well-stocked library, time to think, and time to talk with their peers. We just don't like the answer, so we keep trying to do other stuff.
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Steven Beschloss @stevenbeschloss.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
50 percent tariffs for our beloved neighbor and historic ally, Canada. A red carpet and a military flyover for Communist China’s leader. Donald Trump is a sick man and a danger to America.
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Team Talarico @teamtalaricohq.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
NEW AD: Ken Paxton loves to make false claims about James Talarico’s record on China. But he’s been hiding his own. Paxton took an all-expenses-paid trip to China to meet with Communist Party leaders — then took massive donations from China-linked real estate developers.
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 22/09/2026
Trump is spiraling. Someone forgot to tell him his White House ban on CNN doesn’t extend to the rest of the world. At the entrance of the UN: “You should not be here covering me.”
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Shane Duarte @shaneduarte.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
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The Working Class Face a ‘Class Ceiling’ in Elite Occupations (Gift Article)
Being female or a person of color has long been seen as a disadvantage in hiring and promotion. A new study of college professors shows that class may loom as large.
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POLITICO Europe @politico.eu · 22/09/2026
Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko has admitted his country doesn't have enough potash to satisfy Donald Trump's demands for the critical fertilizer.
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Lukashenko says Belarus doesn’t have enough potash for Trump
“Even if we wanted to supply [potash] to other, Western markets, we simply do not have those volumes,” said the Belarusian president.
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Shane Duarte @shaneduarte.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Duh.
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The Mouthy Renegade Writer @mouthyrenegade.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Our health care system in America is disgusting. A clear indication that our government doesn't give a fuck if we live or die.
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SFIGATTO @sfigatto.it · 15/09/2026
GATTO MAIUSCOLO E GATTO MINUSCOLO
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 11/09/2026
Okay everyone. Here’s the YouTube interview with @jimmykimmel.com and @jamestalarico.bsky.social You know what to do. Watch it. Share it. Donate. Bury them. youtu.be/WLDE9LrGpNk?...
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Jimmy Kimmel’s Interview with James Talarico That the FCC Doesn’t Want You To See
YouTube video by Jimmy Kimmel Live
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
“In the 🇺🇸 we live in right now, that’s the best we can do.” @jimmykimmel.com says his @jamestalarico.bsky.social interview will only be available on YouTube because fascist authoritarian Trump’s FCC stooge Brendan Carr threatened ABC over it. We are very far over the cliff, folks.
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Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
I freely admit this. Freely and often.
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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 09/09/2026
The alarms are all flashing red.
Screenshot of a thread on X by user Jacob Coxon (@hilbertspaess) detailing his resignation from Anthropic.
​The first post reads: "I resigned from Anthropic today. I spent the last three years doing pretraining research at both OpenAI and Anthropic. Neither company is acting responsibly. They are racing straight to self-improving superintelligence and gambling with our lives. More thoughts below."
​The second post reads: "Do not underestimate the power of this technology. These will soon be superhuman systems that can hack anything, revolutionize any field overnight, and acquire real power and resources. We have all witnessed the progress in each of these domains, and progress is not slowing."
​The third post reads: "The people building AI earnestly believe that it could kill us all by the end of the decade. This is not a marketing stunt. If anything, many executives and senior researchers will couch their phrasing in the press to sound sensible - but I hear the same people express fear privately. No other human activity poses this level of danger."Screenshot continuing the thread on X by Jacob Coxon (@hilbertspaess).
​The first post reads: "A common response is 'if they truly believe this, why are they still building it?' At OpenAI, many have not deeply internalized the civilizational stakes. At Anthropic, the stakes are well-understood, but they are locked in a race to get there first - they believe no one else will act responsibly, so they must do it themselves, despite the risk."
​The second post reads: "Accepting this race and entering the 'endgame' is a hubristic gamble that should not be launched from a private company's Slack. Attempting to speedrun alignment should require extraordinary confidence that there are no better trajectories available."
​The third post reads: "I am optimistic about the potential for coordination. Warning shots like the Hugging Face attack have made pacing agreements between U.S. labs more viable. I don’t feel like we’re on track to prevent a global race, which may require costly actions such as a temporary ban on improving model capabilities."
​The fourth post reads: "If you are a lab researcher, I urge you to consider what the next few years will actually feel like. Do you want to kick off a superintelligent RL run without a rigorous understanding of its mind? Should you put your head down because 'it’s happening anyway' - or take this moment to call for different conditions?"
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
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UAE leader warned Netanyahu of Hamas attack days before October 7, says report
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu faced strong backlash from opposition leaders on Tuesday after a report published by Haaretz newspaper said UAE President Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan warned…
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
The ultra-wealthy keep trying to pit the rest of us against each other with scare tactics ("communists!" "men in the ladies room!!" "brown people!!!" "drag queens!!!!") to keep us from noticing that our real problem is THEM. They want us to fight *any* war—except a class war. Happy Labor Day.
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Alexander Chee @alexanderchee.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
I am sad for all the talented students who assured me it was a clear path to a better life for them as they discarded study plans they loved and studied coding instead.
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Kimberley Johnson @kimberleyjohnson.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Enjoy.
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I'm Trained To Know When Someone Is Dying. The White House Needs You To Believe Trump Isn't.
I Can't Diagnose The President. I Can Recognize A Deteriorating Patient.
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Público @publico.pt · 02/09/2026
Banqueiro do Master perguntou a ministro do Supremo se deveria deixar o país dois dias antes de ser preso. Eles se encontraram ao menos seis vezes. Crise é inédita no Judiciário brasileiro.
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Mensagens entre Vorcaro e Moraes implodem o STF às vésperas de eleições no Brasil
Banqueiro do Master perguntou a ministro do Supremo se deveria deixar o país dois dias antes de ser preso. Eles se encontraram ao menos seis vezes. Crise é inédita no Judiciário brasileiro.
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Shane Duarte @shaneduarte.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
I'm not sure why a robot's beating Bolt's record for the 100m is a big deal. There are lots of machines that can do this -- e.g., the automobile.
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New-Cleckit Dominie @ncdominie.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
This is just to say I have OCRed the text thet was in tne arch:ve and whicb yov were prabaldy seamhing for "breahtast" Fargme ms fheg mem debo:w5 sb ?mccf mmb 5c oc1b
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Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
New poll: Americans believe the U.S. should arrest Benjamin Netanyahu by a +22 margin Total: 49-27 Black: 53-13 Hispanic: 52-15 Ages 18-29: 58-17 Harris voters: 74-10 Independents: 55-20 23% of Trump voters agree as well Economist/YouGov:
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Paul Marvin @paulmarvin.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
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Bailey McCann @baileymcc.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
Setting up a border zone where you have no rights is working out just the way they drew it up
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Shane Duarte @shaneduarte.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
This is real. I find I regret the end of my academic career less and less.
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 26/07/2026
This was so damn funny, I had to go show it to my wife. ☠️☠️☠️
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darren32359.bsky.social @darren32359.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
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Stephen Graham @stephengraham.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
Carnegie: I gave 90% of my fortune to fund libraries and universities. Rockefeller: I gave $500m towards public health initiatives. Musk: I used my child porn generator to remake a successful film to suit my misunderstanding of the source material and artform.
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badly drawn boo! 🎃👻🧛🏼‍♀️ @soapachu.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
perfect dead drop 10/10 no notes (the shrouds really make this)
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Leon Simons @leonsimons.com · 21/07/2026
James Lovelock is one of the greatest climate scientists that ever lived. We're about find out how on point his statements from over 18 years ago were.
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Shane Duarte @shaneduarte.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
Get the orange jumpsuits ready. newrepublic.com/post/213277/...
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Man Who Died Running From ICE Was Tourist With a Ticket Home
The man has been identified as Juan Jairo Coronilla Duran, who was in the U.S. on a tourist visa and already had a plane ticket to go back to Mexico.
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ryan cooper @ryanlcooper.com · 20/07/2026
“You read that right: The cost of climate-worsened wildfire smoke alone is larger than what earlier studies said every other estimated cost of climate change would be, combined.” heatmap.news/daily/worryi...
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What Worries Me Most About This Wildfire Smoke
We didn’t know days like this could happen. Then we learned how bad they really are.
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Paul Marvin @paulmarvin.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
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Meet the Canadian civil servant responsible for sending our wildfire smoke to the U.S.
With wildfire smoke drifting down from Canada into Michigan, New York and other states, numerous Americans have once again taken to social media to complain about Canada ruining their summers and “sen...
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Peter Breedveld @frontaalnaakt.nl · 18/07/2026
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Mark Joseph Stern @mjsdc.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
Gift link with no paywall because everybody needs to read this one after the June we just had slate.com/news-and-pol...
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A Sitting Judge Just Delivered the Most Scathing Critique of This Supreme Court Term
The Supreme Court has veered so far off track that even the harshest language can feel inadequate to capture the damage wrought by its most recent term.
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Geoffrey Cubbage @geoffreycubbage.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
Update: well that’s wild y’all. Filter on top is a clean, unused one fresh out of its packaging. Filter on bottom was the same when I installed it yesterday evening; this is what it looks like after roughly 24 hours of HVAC in Chicago’s blanket of wildfire smoke.
Photo of two HVAC filters. The top one is clean white, while the bottom is a dark, dingy gray.
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Erin Fogg says Free Link @criminalerin.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
I hate this fuckin country what a terrorist shithole of a nation
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Scott Edgar @scottedgar.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
Certainly not the most important part of this video, but these are the most hardcore Canadian accents I've heard in a long time.
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