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Political junkie. Lives off eucalyptus. She/Her. BLM. Stop Asian Hate. Trans lives matter. Free Palestine. Please no DMs.

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Dr. Sarah Parcak @indyfromspace.bsky.social · 16/10/2026
This is AMAZING www.science.org/content/arti...
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Bonanza of new dates rewrites the history of the Inca
The South American empire lasted longer, and met more resistance, than scholars thought
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Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 16/10/2026
“Similar past claims..of illegal voters have fallen apart..Last month election officials in Nevada said that they had examined a list..of 185 names of supposed noncitizens who had been improperly registered to vote & found that every person on the list was a..citizen. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/15/u...
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Trump Administration Sues California Over Voter Rolls (Gift Article)
The lawsuit seeks to temporarily block the state from counting mail ballots of voters it claims are likely noncitizens, opening a new front in the administration’s legal fights with election officials...
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ITEP @itep.org · 13/10/2026
Shoe maker Steve Madden received $92 million in tariff refunds. After noting that it was “pleased overall with consumer acceptance of the price increases,” the company says it will use those tariff refunds to “pay down debt.” itep.org/trump-tariff...
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The Biggest Winners from Trump’s Tariff Refunds are Big Corporations
The Trump administration has been forced to pay out over $100 billion from illegal tariffs, and the biggest winners from these tariff refunds have been big corporations.
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Coach Finstock @coachfinstock.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
Dril candles tweet but it's AI tokens
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 14/10/2026
Trump: "Leakers should be -- in my opinion, leakers should be shot. They should be shot."
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Jacquelyn Gill @jacquelyngill.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
Aaron Swartz, coding prodigy and hacktivist who helped develop RSS and was a co-founder of Reddit, died by suicide after facing $1 million in fines and 35 years in prison for felony charges, just for downloading pdfs of research papers with the intention of making them accessible to the public.
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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
Elon Musk has pointed directly at Trump as the source of recent throttling on Starshield, the military-grade version of Starlink used by Ukraine. Zelensky warned the slowdown would cost lives by limiting Ukraine’s ability to fend off Russian invaders. www.yahoo.com/news/world/a...
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Markham Hislop @markhamhislop.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
Is Rebel News Journalism? Max Fawcett on Evidence and Outrage Ezra & Co were turned down for a journalism tax credit by the CRA b/c because they didn't produce enough real news to qualify. @maxfawcett and I discuss. #cdnpoli youtu.be/9sVsKG-Y6QY
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Is Rebel News Journalism? Max Fawcett on Evidence and Outrage
YouTube video by Energi Media
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Jeff VanderMeer @jeffvandermeer.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
I'm disappointed in a few authors for distorting the facts about generative AI to be conciliatory in ways that are not helpful to the creative community. Also, how do they use AI in their work and are they being paid in any way, incl consulting gigs and speaking appearances, by AI companies?
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Septima P. Snark @drsubini.blacksky.app · 14/10/2026
All three of my books, and dozens of papers. Decades of my work with incarcerated kids and kids on the margins of classrooms and society has been fed to that machine without my or the kids’ consent
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Grist @grist.org · 14/10/2026
After a decade of wildfires, an overlooked election could shape California’s climate future
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After a decade of wildfires, an overlooked election could shape California’s climate future
The race for state insurance commissioner hinges on a pivotal question: can the private market help us adapt to climate disasters?
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Blackheadkoi @blackheadkoi.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
#TruthWarriors #resist #BlueCrew #ProudBlue #SilentSecession #50501Movement ... though there were those ISIS and Taliban reels a couple years ago!!
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
It never ends with these people.
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Empire @flempire.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
It came after Elon Musk posted this on the Nazi Far+Right psy ops machine they call ‘X’
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 14/10/2026
Sen. Angus King says he sat down and made a list of everything Putin could possibly want from an American president. His conclusion about Trump? “This guy, this president, is doing almost all of them.” King then goes through the list. WATCH.
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🅱️oofessor Killosk 👻🔪 @professorkiosk.wtf · 14/10/2026
you're in his dms, I'm being held captive in his basement. we are not the same
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NBC News @nbcnews.com · 14/10/2026
Two babies died. An 18-year-old with measles died from a rare complication that caused inflammation in the brain. At least six infants have been born infected with measles. There’s no way to predict which kids will get hit hardest.
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Pennsylvania doctors are seeing what measles can do to previously healthy, unvaccinated kids
The virus is proving it can attack multiple organs, including the gut, liver, lungs and brain, even in children who were previously healthy.
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Jim Lokay @jimlokay.com · 14/10/2026
A new $20M+ lawsuit against CBS News says Bari Weiss' network "traded the truth for clicks and profit" when it allegedly falsely portrayed a 15-year-old Md. teen as a Reflecting Pool vandal. @TheDesk.net breaks the story thedesk.net/2026/10/teen...
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Teen files $20 million lawsuit against CBS News over vandalism story
The lawsuit claims defamation and invasion of privacy after the teen was wrongly identified as a suspect in the vandalism of the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool
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Zeteo @zeteo.com · 14/10/2026
CBS News foreign editor Shayndi Raice threw an unhinged meeting with staffers warning that they could be terminated if they cross her and dismissed the Palestinian death toll as a “magic number.” @justinbaragona.bsky.social takes a closer look at the chaos at CBS News. 🔗: zeteo.com/p/read-the-d...
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 13/10/2026
OMG she is brutally bad at this
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Louis Römer @lromeranth.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
The Atlantic is part of the elite media trend of redirecting the anti-AI backlash toward Black, Caribbean, and African targets. I will also note here that much of the human intelligence that is training the AI models is Black laborers working in digital sweatshops in Africa and Latin America.
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Louis Römer @lromeranth.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
It is noticeable that the BBC is prioritizing this story and is not trying to make the white woman Oxford lecturer who has recently been found to have child pornography in her computer into the next face of intellectual misconduct.
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Truthout @truthout.org · 14/10/2026
The average retiree will soon see average cuts of over $2,000 to their annual Social Security benefits if the Trump administration’s mass deportation campaign is continued, according to a new report on the widespread economic consequences of the president’s inhumane agenda.
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Trump’s Mass Deportation Push May Cut Retirees’ Social Security By $2k Annually
The program’s insolvency date was already pushed up to 2032, partly as a result of mass deportations.
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Block Club Chicago @blockclubchi.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
A group of men reportedly cheered on a sexual assault at a University of Chicago frat house, according to a new report. A person of interest has been identified and banned from campus, UChicago officials said. buff.ly/WEZUrNI
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Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
Oh you don’t say
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Jenny @loraxthatshit.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
Harris got laughed off stage when he tried to blame fuel prices on democrats, and then completely lost his mind with the press. Tries to assert two-party consent recording law against a reporter, and then (unsuccessfully) tries to have her arrested because he doesn't like her questions.
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Elizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov · 14/10/2026
NEW: Inflation data came in and Donald Trump’s failed economic agenda has raised prices for Americans by 5.9%. That means families are paying $3,772 more thanks to inflation under Trump.
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Greg Pak @gregpak.net · 14/10/2026
This man breaks the law every day. Take all of his money and wealth away. All of it. Break up his companies. Deny him all honor and position.
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David Pakman @davidpakman.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
Republicans had some absolutely disastrous debates last night. They have no accomplishments to run on, can't run on "being like Trump," and no ideas that anyone wants, so they don’t really have much they can do in these failed debate attempts. November 3 will be ugly.
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Billie Jean Sweeney @billiejsweeney.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
From me: Standing up for trans rights and standing up for reproductive rights are inherently linked. Two historically oppressed groups, women and trans ppl, are asserting our right to make decisions about our own bodies. Not the government. Us.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 14/10/2026
DUN DUN DUN -- Fox Business: "We have the numbers. So ... it looks like inflation is accelerating. These numbers are higher than the previous month and higher than expectations"
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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 14/10/2026
And while we're on the subject: there's no ethical use of a product brought to market through unethical means. It doesn't matter whether the product is "AI" or chocolate or diamonds. Most generative "AI" was knowingly developed through massive theft from creatives; we have the emails admitting this.
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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 14/10/2026
The acid test for me is a simple one: Has my professional and/or creative life benefited in any material way from "AI," and very specifically generative "AI"? No, it hasn't. Has it been negatively impacted by the same? Yup, in a whole bunch of ways. My professional life is worse now for it.
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Karen Attiah @karenattiah.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
It is really chilling to see how quickly Black, Caribbean, and African writers and academics have become the global face of AI use and accusations of plagiarism. For such a serious charge, @vauhinivara.bsky.social's article rests on...a Pangram scan. www.theatlantic.com/books/2026/1...
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Yet Another Literary Prizewinner Seems to Be AI
The prestigious Caine Prize, announced last week, went to a story with many red flags.
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NBC News @nbcnews.com · 14/10/2026
Russian forces strike the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv with ballistic missiles, killing two people in a high-rise apartment.
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Morgan J Freeman @mjfree.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Holy Fuck — There really was a little girl in the car when those KKK thugs shot her father in the Bronx. FUCK ICE FUCK TRUMP FUCK YOU FOR SUPPORTING HIM
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Michael Harriot @michaelharriot.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
We didn’t rank the BEST soul food dishes Or the most popular When I sat down with James Beard Award winner @blackfoodfridays.bsky.social , he Blacksplained Gullah cuisine, why food is political and released the official rankings of the Blackest foods of all time Subscribe & listen!
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Blacksplained: KJ Kearney Ranks the Blackest Dishes of All Time
The James Beard Award-winning food influencer joins Michael Harriot to discusses Gullah Geechee cuisine, the history of soul food and to put together an official Black food ranking.
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Jacob Harris @jacobharr.is · 09/10/2026
I will never forgive DOGE for this. And the mass deaths. And breaking the law. And
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Brandon Friedman @brandonfriedman.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
This is Nazi rhetoric, full stop. It's not only a call to instigate a race war in the United States, but it's reminiscent of historic European justifications used to incite pogroms against Jews. People who say things like this are incredibly dangerous, as there is nothing they won't eventually do.
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William B. Fuckley @opinionhaver.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
you never have to believe a word these people say about how it's a Hard World and Hard Things Must Be Done. they get off on this shit. one thing to think Hassan being executed is justified, another entirely to do it one handed while jacking yourself off like this.
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 06/10/2026
interesting that conservatives were militantly “we must reward hustle” when the target was affirmative action at elite universities and now, when faced with the success of south asians and other groups, it is “i think we are too meritocratic”
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Too Big to Fail @toobigtofail.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Totally, totally, kids cut off their parents because of "ordinary conflict." Hey, unrelatedly, here's an email I got from my father 27 years after the last time I saw him.
Dear Evil One -
    Just a Happy Halloween Wish! I hope you took the kids out Trick or Treating and they had a great time!
    Tomorrow is All Saints Day and Deb and I will be going to Mass at our local church. It struck me on this Halloween Night that the evil of witches and goblins and such is rooted in the very real evil of Satan. Hate and pain are the hallmarks of evil... the hallmarks of Satan. With all the evil and hate you have demonstrated with me, along with all the pain you have caused, it struck me that just as Deb and I will attend Catholic Mas tomorrow... will you be going to a Black Mass to worship Satan?
    It was just a question that came up as we pulled "candy duty" with all the Trick or Treaters. 
    Well, will you be attending a Black Mass?
 
Love,
 
Dad
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Michael Hobbes @michaelhobbes.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
lmao this is such a sick way to conclude that COVID school closures were a mistake www.kuow.org/education/20...
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Razanar the Jovial @razanarthejovial.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Mario would never. His travels to far-off lands and galaxies gave him an insight into the commonalities of all people, dinosaurs, and various space creatures. He's more than outgrown any small-minded provincialism he would have otherwise been vulnerable to.
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Peter @notalawyer.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
just recorded this and proceeded to close more tabs than i ever thought possible
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Moira Donegan @moiradonegan.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Women who resist rape are punished so disproportionately because men understand that rape is the lynchpin of their social power, and they will go to any lengths to defend it. www.cnn.com/2026/10/08/u...
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‘Shocking’ swatting incident and death threats against Jane Doe | CNN
Jane Doe’s Attorney Thomas Giuffra tells CNN’s Kaitlan Collins the swatting incident that left Doe’s family at gunpoint was “one of the most shocking things” he’s seen.
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Andy Craig @andycraig.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Hegseth got the job not because of his clown antics on Fox News but because during the first term he made it his personal crusade to get Trump to pardon war criminals who had murdered civilians and desecrated corpses. That’s who he is and it’s what Trump hired him to be.
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Anna Gifty @itsafronomics.blacksky.app · 09/10/2026
ENERGY
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 09/10/2026
‘Chaos and cruelty’: the kids trapped in Trump’s immigration enforcement campaign
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‘Chaos and cruelty’: the kids trapped in Trump’s immigration enforcement campaign
Children are being detained in record numbers, sometimes alone and where lawyers and family cannot find them
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Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal @jayapal.house.gov · 09/10/2026
This is not about any one corporation. This is all about this administration’s desire to end all legal immigration and cut off the ability of hard working immigrants to stay here and contribute to our country. This administration has pardoned grifters and is stealing money from the American people.
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