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Ryan Packer @typewriteralley.bsky.social · 1h
George Saunders on using AI: "Writing is the most precious way one person can communicate their essence to another person. I’ve spent a lifetime trying to get better at making myself present in my writing. Why would I want to sacrifice even one iota of that?"
Have you spent time trying to write or revise with AI? Is there an experiment that would be interesting enough to try?

I have not. Not for a second. To me, this whole idea of using AI to write is . . . anathema. A thing to be most radically avoided.

Writing is the most precious way one person can communicate their essence to another person. I’ve spent a lifetime trying to get better at making myself present in my writing. Why would I want to sacrifice even one iota of that? Not even in an email and certainly not in a short story or novel.Who are we ceding our authority to, exactly, when we let AI write for us? And why? Why surrender our agency (that amazing ability we have to reach across time and space, with our strange, idiosyncratic phenomenon, and land within the sensibility of another human being) to something that, by its very design, pushes the individual sensibility aside? And in the name of . . . what, exactly? Ease, I guess? Efficiency? The person who chooses to write with AI has also sacrificed, from the start, the opportunity of experiencing difficulty, of struggling to say what he wants to say, of making himself evident in his prose, of trying to find out what he believes. By this, he sacrifices a chance to know himself and his mind better. To me, that’s a shame. And it’s dangerous, because, as we are now finding out, it affects the brain and lessens our capabilities. Thanks, but no thanks, get thee behind me, etc.
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Christopher Hale @christopherjhale.bsky.social · 16h
I have stared at this photograph more times than I can count. Every time, I look at the man in the white cassock and say, Tu es Petrus. With every passing day, this 71-year-old American, born Robert Francis Prevost, reminds me of Jesus. Then again, I guess that’s the point.
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WA Whistles @wawhistles.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
The ICE shadow surge continues. Last week at least 110 Washingtonians were abducted. That’s 15 people per day ripped from their homes and communities. If you see ICE/CBP, please report it to iceout.org. Also on Iceout.org — you can set custom alerts to get notified when ICE is reported nearby.
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Rich Raho @richraho.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Leo in Lourdes tonight; “Those who are sick are privileged witnesses to this transfiguration of our lives through faith and love of God…keep these precious words constantly in your hearts: The sufferings of this present time are not worth comparing with the glory about to be revealed to us.”
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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 27/09/2026
Google finally updated some of its satellite images of Gaza and my god, it's horrific. The entirety of Rafah has been demolished. The majority of Khan Younis is in ruins. Entire towns completely leveled and erased of the map.
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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 27/09/2026
The before and after it's even more haunting.
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Rich Raho @richraho.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Cardinal McElroy at Mass for World Day of Migrants and Refugees: “Most deeply, we remember the undocumented, whose time on the cross stretches onward. They know the peril, the fear, the overwhelming sadness that dawns upon them because of the policies of our government.”
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Rich Raho @richraho.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Pope Leo will receive Bishop Barron in a private audience this coming week at the Vatican.
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Olga Nesterova @onestpress.onestnetwork.com · 26/09/2026
Putin claims that the rights of Russian speakers in Latvia, Lithuania, and Estonia are being violated. We’ve heard that about Ukraine before the invasion. And no, nobody is violated.
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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 26/09/2026
Incredible: another Ukrainian famine is unfolding, this time in Russian-occupied Oleshky. The remaining inhabitants of what used to be a thriving small city, now down to about 6000 people, are blockaded by Russian forces and cut off from food and water. www.bbc.com/news/article...
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Oleshky: Eating garden weeds to survive in Russian-occupied city cut off from food and water
The BBC has spoken to residents in the Russian-occupied Ukrainian town of Oleshky who say they are being "constantly shelled".
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Paul Eric @pauleric70.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
Walter Cronkite: After liberating execution camps… Germans (who cried) they didn’t know…were as as guilty as Nazis…because they applauded when Hitler shut down (media) and said, ‘We don’t need to know. We trust our government...’ It’s our duty to know.
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dido, lamenting 🥀🔥💀🪦💔 @princessdido.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
This situation is getting worse. Please help if you can by sending Venmo to @theresazoe with the subject line "For Emmy". Anything helps. We're trying to make sure she has a safe place to be and a home health aide when the hospital that can't help her discharges her.
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kenofseattle @kenofseattle.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
And again, Seattle's Democratic Socialist Mayor is actually working to improve the lives of her constituents.
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Jonathan Ladd @jonathanmladd.com · 21/09/2026
The government moving or hiding jailed people to avoid review by courts isn't some loophole in our habeas corpus rights. This government behavior has been considered a violation of the people's habeas corpus rights since at least the Habeas Corpus Act of 1679. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Habeas_...
Jailors were forbidden to move prisoners from one prison to another or out of the country to evade the writ. In case of disobedience jailers would be punished with severe fines which had to be paid to the prisoner.[5][6]
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United States Conference of Catholic Bishops @usccbofficial.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
The Catholic Church in the United States will observe National Migration Week beginning September 21 and culminating with the 112th World Day of Migrants and Refugees on September 27. Read the full release at: ow.ly/BOpm50ZPKfQ
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 19/09/2026
This is Eugenics. Couple amping up the libido of their chosen specimens with their bid to lower the standards on human research subjects’ informed consent and mass deportation, and what other conclusion can be reached?
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Olga Nesterova @onestpress.onestnetwork.com · 19/09/2026
Election in occupied areas by Russia - voting under military supervision.
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Dare Obasanjo @carnage4life.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
I heard Converse posted a controversial ad and I wondered how bad it could be. Going in expecting something controversial I was still shocked by this…
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Darth Putin @darthputinkgb.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
When you vote for the wrong candidate.
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Alex Ip 葉清霖 @alexip718.com · 18/09/2026
A thought exercise for transphobic Democrats: replace the "transgender" with "Jewish" in the ads and notice how uncomfortable you suddenly get. There is slightly more trans people in the U.S. (0.95%) than German Jews (0.75%) before the Holocaust. Can't you see how dangerous your slippery slope is?
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Heather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @hcrichardson.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
I'm in love.
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2026: Time for the Midterms
YouTube video by Hamilton
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Matthew J Kuiper @matthewjkuiper.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
This is excellent, you should read it (especially if you have seen any of Meta’s tug-the-heartstrings ads about this) 
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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
KAEPERNICK: The part that I hope people take away in this moment is what Robert Kraft and what they’re saying by denying Macklemore is they are openly colluding. They also want people to know that if you take an action that they don’t agree with, they will come for you.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 15/09/2026
🚨 Patel admits agents will be deployed to polling places 👇 WELCH: I thought you weren't going to be sending people to the polls? PATEL: Nope W: So you are sending FBI agents? P: We have election crisis coordinators manned at all 56 field offices. Election integrity is of paramount importance
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The Kyiv Independent @kyivindependent.com · 15/09/2026
⚡️NATO jets shoot down drone over Lithuanian airspace after it flew in from Belarus. NATO shot down a drone that flew into Lithuanian airspace from Belarus overnight on Sept. 15, Lithuanian authorities said.
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NATO shoots down drone over Lithuanian airspace after it flew in from Belarus
"With Russia intensifying its aggression against Ukraine, such readiness is vital for our region. Together with our NATO Allies, Lithuania will defend its airspace," Lithuanian President Gitanas Nause...
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Olga Nesterova @onestpress.onestnetwork.com · 15/09/2026
BBC: Nato fighter pilots have shot down a drone that entered Lithuania's airspace overnight, the Lithuanian president said. FINALLY!
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Olga Nesterova @onestpress.onestnetwork.com · 15/09/2026
Today.
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Yikes, if this is accurate, its basically the owner class using their power to shut down dissent. The Patriots Robert Kraft told Sheerhan his concert would be cancelled if Mackelmore stayed on the your, and that other stadium owners would follow suit.
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Matthew Gertz @mattgertz.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Stop being so cynical about the six-figure gift to the president's son, people give him gifts like that all the time!!
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Zach Everson @zacheverson.com · 13/09/2026
Tell me Aaron's reporting is resonating without telling me Aaron's reporting is resonating—
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 12/09/2026
Because I’m white, it was easy for me to conflate the solidarity we witnessed on the ground among New Yorkers on 9/11 for some kind of colorblind national unity in the months and years that followed. The reality is and was vastly different.
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Phillips OBrien @phillipspobrien.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
The American Age is well and truly over
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 11/09/2026
Trump: "You know what happens if you don't vote? You go to hell"
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Leah Greenberg ❌👑 @leahgreenberg.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
WHAT THE FUCK
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Bob @definitelyjustbob.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Hey. From someone who knows about those intrusive thoughts and how loud they can be, the world is better with you in it. I promise you that.
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UNITED24 Media @united24media.com · 09/09/2026
Russian strikes destroyed 13M Ukrainian books in 2026, wiping out 75% of the country's half-year output. Despite this, publishers refuse to back down: "We’ll keep fighting." 🧵 1/16
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Over 170,00 Salvadorans were set to lose TPS today, a status they've had for 25 years. But DHS hasn't made any announcement about termination or extension. Now this vague comment was given to reporters, the only public info. A shocking level of callousness over a decision which affects so many.

Angi Gonzalez
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#BREAKING Overnight : 
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 tells me that #TPS recipients from El Salvador will continue to have protections until a decision is made about the program. Those protections were set to expire today. This will likely be a small relief to about 200,000 in the U.S.  
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UNITED24 Media @united24media.com · 07/09/2026
🔴 Russian media showed Russian forces confiscating Ukrainian literature and textbooks in temporary occupied territories for disposal. The seizure is part of a systematic effort by Russia to eliminate Ukrainian history, suppress language, and erase national identity.
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Christopher Hale @christopherjhale.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
“We must be a poor Church for the poor that fights for the sacred rights of housing, work, and land.” — Pope Leo XIV
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Pope Leo: “Housing, Work and Land Are Sacred Rights”
Pope Leo XIV lays out a vision of a “poor Church for the poor” and declared housing, work, and land to be “sacred rights” — a moral manifesto for the age of AI and inequality.
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Friendly Neighborhood Mouse @missmouse.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Friday morning, I was gardening when I checked my phone. A request had gone out for help. For 25+ hours, ICE had been laying siege to a quiet neighborhood in Frederick, MD. Community members were afraid, some didn’t want to leave their homes. ICE vehicles seemed to be lurking on every corner.
ICE vehicle - black Nissan Maxima with plate cover - posted up in a spot that also serves as an elementary school bus stop. Another ICE vehicle, black Dodge Durango, lurking around the community. Two more ICE vehicles - black Dodge Durango and a white SUV, unclear on make, model - on a quiet residential street, being quietly creepy. Note that the white SUV has its plate covered. Yet another ICE vehicle. Black Nissan Pathfinder. They were all over the neighborhood.
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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 06/09/2026
Not beating the nazi allegations.
A social media screenshot of a post by Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) featuring a graphic titled "UNITED STATES SPACE FORCE SERVICE DRESS UNIFORM — NEXT GENERATION —" alongside the official Space Force delta logo.
​The image showcases a full uniform concept worn by a male model against a dark gray background:
​Uniform Views: Full front and back views depict a dark slate gray tunic and matching trousers tucked into knee-high, polished black leather riding boots. The jacket features a high Mandarin-style collar, black epaulets, and a black belt with a rectangular silver buckle.
​Design Inspiration: A text block notes the design is "inspired by the discipline and functionality of the Starship Trooper uniform, modernized for the Guardians of the space domain."
​Color Palette: Swatches listed include Space Gray, Midnight Black, Silver Gray, and Satin Black.
​Detailed Insets: Close-up panels highlight the collar insignia, shoulder piping detail, sleeve patch with the Space Force delta, belt buckle, a peaked "Service Dress Cap," and rank insignia examples ranging from O-1 to O-7.
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UNITED24 Media @united24media.com · 05/09/2026
"There is no such country." Russian state TV host Solovyov called on Moscow to denounce German reunification and cut all diplomatic ties with Germany.
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Laguna Beach Democratic Club @lagunabeachdems.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
WIN: Virginia Democrats have officially banned convicted domestic abusers from purchasing firearms. Nearly every Republican voted against it.
GREAT NEWS
Virginia Democrats pass law banning convicted domestic abusers from purchasing firearms
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Daniel Moser @dmoser.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Pollution levels in London after 10 years of advancing sustainable transport.
Map showing Lower Pollution levels in London after 10 years of advancing sustainable transport.
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Dave Jorgenson @davejorgenson.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
sometimes when i get annoyed about people using AI for everything, I just remember "at least I will be able to think for myself in a decade and not be a zombie" and that gets me through the day
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UNITED24 Media @united24media.com · 03/09/2026
⚡️ BREAKING: Russia just attacked a Coca-Cola plant in Ukraine. President Zelenskyy warns this is a direct, deliberate message to Washington.
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Kate from Kharkiv @kateinkharkiv.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
ZELENSKYY: Today Russians hit Coca-Cola factory with drone. Coca-Cola is such an enemy to them that they decided to destroy it with their Shaheds. This is a clear Russian signal to America. Russians obviously know that this is American enterprise. There will be response from us.
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Olga Nesterova @onestpress.onestnetwork.com · 02/09/2026
Trump administration has begun revoking federal grants for what it calls “D.E.I. bike lanes.” (NYT)
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Jay Kuo @nycjayjay.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
A whistleblower says USPS kept building Trump’s mail-ballot system even after a judge ordered it stopped. They also told Congress they weren’t proceeding. The system is designed to fail: One bad barcode can reject an entire batch of 10,000 ballots. My write-up in the link in the comments.
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Through the Static @throughthestatic.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
UW Center for Human Rights: WA experiencing “historic surge,” in ICE kidnappings with 705 this June Photo by Chris Rojas by Hannah Saunders What many King County residents have suspected to be the case has just been confirmed by the University of Washington's Center for Human Rights (UWCHR):…
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UW Center for Human Rights: WA experiencing “historic surge,” in ICE kidnappings with 705 this June
Photo by Chris Rojas by Hannah Saunders What many King County residents have suspected to be the case has just been confirmed by the University of Washington's Center for Human Rights (UWCHR): Washington experienced a "historic surge," in immigration-related arrests this year. This past June, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) grabbed 705 community members, with 669 being at-large arrests, meaning they took place in the community, like on the sides of roads, workplaces, and homes.
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