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Zia / tía / aunt. Come for the calcio (esp women’s footie), stay for the Broadway takes, leave at the politics. she/her

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Tim Carmody @tcarmody.bsky.social · 6h
My own opinion is this is a joke, but a very good one
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Tim Carmody @tcarmody.bsky.social · 7h
This is the funniest thing I've seen today, possibly ever
A tweet by SarahStarberry that says "oh god read the vertical axis" on top of a chart measuring AI models' release dates and model numbers rather than any real capabilities
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Central NJ Yimby 🏗️🚲🚇🇺🇸 @princetonyimby.bsky.social · 6h
The specific point of contention relates to diesel back-up generators. I am not crazy about diesel back-up generators but this data center is being constructed on US-1, along which diesel trucks roar past constantly. Any generator usage on the site will really be a minor addition to that.
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Central NJ Yimby 🏗️🚲🚇🇺🇸 @princetonyimby.bsky.social · 6h
Princeton Council has jumped on the bandwagon of opposition against a half-built AI data center in nearby South Brunswick... www.tapinto.net/towns/prince...
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Princeton Officials Warn of Potential for ‘Environmental Blight’ from South Brunswick Data Center
Princeton, NJ — Opposition to the South Brunswick data center on Route 1 has been growing since last year, when the developers first broke ground. Resistance emerged in patches at first, and then...
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Schooley @schooley.bsky.social · 6h
Is this really just about protecting the human consciousness behind it from legal liability?
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Schooley @schooley.bsky.social · 6h
We still don't talk enough about Elon Musk going in and forcing Grok to adhere to his warped worldview. Seems relevant to all of these smoke and mirror discussions.
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Parkscope Joe @parkscopejoe.bsky.social · 8h
This is insane.
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NEW: According to a bombshell report in the New York Times, Anthropic co-founder Chris Olah threatened to walk out of Pope Leo XIV's Al encyclical launch in May because the pope rejected the idea that machines can be conscious.
Olah's team then privately lobbied the pope's advisers "to take the possibility of model consciousness seriously." Pope Leo XIV held firm.
For months, Anthropic has wined and dined theologians and religious scholars under nondisclosure agreements, hoping they would bless the idea that Claude has moral standing.
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Justin Horneker @hornekerjustin.bsky.social · 10h
Loved seeing this from the Washington Spirit on Instagram yesterday. It shouldn’t always have to be clubs like the Spirit that move like this for the community but this is important work. Especially in an environment like 2026 America where a public facing stance is a lightning rod.
From the Washington Spirit Instagram:

To Our Spirit Family,
The last few weeks have felt heavy.
We have watched stories of violence against women met with doubt, dismissed as a joke, and even turned into promotion. For many women in our community, these aren't simply headlines.
They are reminders of experiences that are deeply personal.
We want you to hear this clearly from us:
We see you. We stand with you. Your safety is never a joke to this club.
The Spirit is a team built by women, powered by women, and supported by a community that shows up for women week after week. We believe everyone deserves to feel safe in our stadium, in our community, and in their everyday lives.
And standing together has to mean more than words.
On November 1, before our match v. Chicago at Audi Field, we're hosting a free personal safety workshop. The workshop will focus on practical tools including situational awareness, boundary setting, and verbal de-escalation.
The workshop is free and will be held before the match for the first 50 people who register. Everyone who participates will receive a free ticket to stay for the match that evening. Register using the link in our bio and if you or someone you know is experiencing domestic or sexual violence, help is available and we've listed resources at the link in our bio.
October is National Domestic Violence Awareness Month.
Let's make it mean something by listening, by believing, and by looking out for one another.
As your team, we stand with you.
As your neighbors, we walk beside you.
Different roots. Same home. One Spirit.
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 8h
"Almighty God created the races white, black, yellow, malay and red, and he placed them on separate continents. And but for the interference with his arrangement there would be no cause for such marriages. The fact that he separated the races shows that he did not intend for the races to mix."
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 8h
oh and before i forget, congrats to reihan salam for hosting rufo at the manhattan institute. great catch.
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 8h
also, this shit is just run-of-the-mill segregationist ideology. the substance of keeperman and rufo's discussion is identical to the infamous line from the trial judge in loving v. virginia
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 8h
not that you should expect anything more than rank idiocy from this pair of racists, but the idea that whiteness means a "high trust" society of "social cohesion" is some of the stupidest shit i have ever heard. these people live in a fantasy land that you could dispel by simply opening a book.
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Chris Rufo — Known For ‘DEI’ and ‘CRT’ Panics — Tries to Make ‘the Indian Question’ a Thing
To the degree that a “respectable” or “moderate” right exists today in...
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Aubrey Gilleran @aubreygilleran.bsky.social · 7h
My neighborhood park's basketball courts have a mix of Black, Hispanic, white, and Desi guys hooping on any given day. But I genuinely think part of what's driving the right crazy is seeing this kind of diversity in Southeastern suburbs.
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ElieNYC @elienyc.bsky.social · 6h
My newsletter is up. Eric Schmitt should be mocked and John Roberts should be hounded and I will not be persuaded otherwise. www.thenation.com/article/poli...
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Eric Schmitt Deserves to Be Mocked Forever
In this week’s Elie v. U.S., our justice correspondent relives the senator’s glorious face plant. Plus: whyt John Roberts’s also deserves our mockery.
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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 9h
Of course Trump flatters AI. It flattered him first.
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
This is the 59th death in ICE detention since Trump took office.
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 9h
BREAKING: The U.S. added just 29,000 jobs in September, missing expectations. The unemployment rate grew to 4.2%, up slightly from the previous month. Economists had expected 4.1%.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 9h
CNN on the last jobs report before the midterms: "It came in cold -- surprisingly cold. Job growth weaker than expected, unemployment unexpectedly went up, and paychecks aren't keeping up with prices. This was disappointing all around."
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 9h
"Voters have a regret or two, and we've seen this in poll after poll. The regret has grown since the beginning of Trump's presidency" -- Enten unpacks polling showing that Kamala Harris would easily beat Donald Trump if they were both on the ballot again next month
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Rich Raho @richraho.bsky.social · 22h
The Keynote Speaker at the Annual National Catholic Prayer Breakfast in March, folks.
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Stan Oklobdzija @stano.bsky.social · 18h
I had to look it up because I couldn't believe he did this, but yes, @gavinnewsom.bsky.social actually vetoed the Speaker's bill banning former ICE agents from public employment in CA. The Legislature should over ride his veto.
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Gov. Gavin Newsom vetoes bill to bar former ICE officers from California jobs
The ambitious and sweeping measure was strongly supported by Democrats in the Legislature.
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Jeremy Whitley @jeremywhitley.bsky.social · 19h
This is not the great white hope of the Democratic Party. This is a Republican in cosplay.
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Zack Ford @zackford.bsky.social · 19h
He really shouldn't even be under consideration for 2028.
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Dragon "Gay'ed Too Close to the Sun" Fish @dragonfish.bsky.social · 19h
Yall yelled at trans people for a month and CHANGE for this clown. A MONTH AND CHANGE! FOR A GUY ANY CALIFONIAN IN THE STATE CAN TELL YOU SUCKS ASS!
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andré, but scarier @andre-carlisle.bsky.social · 18h
thank you, aces. we are finally free.
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Kim McCauley @kimischilling.bsky.social · 18h
I like making fun of TERF lady as much as the next t-slur but she had to play 25-30 minutes a night because the other wings were worse lol
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Kim McCauley @kimischilling.bsky.social · 18h
Fever GM probably deserves more shit for putting such a mid supporting cast around 3 stars
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Schooley @schooley.bsky.social · 18h
This group makes the Dr. Strangelove war room look competent.
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Schooley @schooley.bsky.social · 21h
No beardos or weirdos?
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Meghan L. Hall @itsmeghanlhall.bsky.social · 18h
Aces advance past Fever, 2-1. A’Ja Wilson had 36, 10 and 2 blocks. Aces had 3 more in double figures. Kelsey Mitchell had 23 and a steal. Fever had 3 more in double digits including Aaliyah Boston/Myisha Hines-Allen with double-doubles. Second straight year Aces ousted Fever.
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Meghan L. Hall @itsmeghanlhall.bsky.social · 18h
Aliyah.* Autocorrect got me.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 01/10/2026
😳 Trump's hand as photographed moments ago (Kent Nishimura/AFP via Getty)
close up pic of Trump's hand showing disgusting discoloration and skin ailments from his fingers to his wrist
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Jeremy @callmenerdy.com · 01/10/2026
In case you were wondering what it'd be like to talk to somebody from the 18% who "strongly approve" of the job Trump is doing.
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Jessica Pishko @jesspish.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
How else to explain a system that fetishizes the murder of "nice" white women (who can't talk back), facilitates sexual assault, kills women who dare to survive abuse, and infinitely punishes women when they protect themselves or those they love.
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Jessica Pishko @jesspish.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
The criminal system sees women as resources to be consumed for its own benefit. Their bodies are the site of assault, rape, attempted murder (or murder). They can be useful, but disposable. It "protects" women so long as they accept patriarchy as a master.
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Finally, the Footlose/Flashdance crossover we were promised
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
“.. The ships, jet fighters, Marines and sailors will arrive in the region by the end of November, the officials said. Trump recently told aides that he expects to resume bombing Iran that same month ..” @wsj.com www.wsj.com/politics/nat...
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 01/10/2026
South Korea says Trump is lying
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Khashoggi's Ghost @urocklive1.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
The South Korean Industry Minister pushed back on Trump's investment claims, saying "the announcement went far beyond what was agreed, as the countries agreed to proceed with the Alaska project only on the premise that commercial reasonableness is guaranteed." www.rawstory.com/trump-south-...
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US ally shoots down Trump's $50 billion investment boast: 'Far beyond what was agreed'
A $50 billion investment deal touted by President Donald Trump during a Wednesday Oval Office event is running into pushback from the ally he says agreed to it.Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick told r...
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Professa Murray @kalimurray.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Everytime, the modern Republican Party has done something constitutionally crappy, even after they have pardoned said constitutional crap, we are then supposed to pretend that it was not constitutional crap. Nope: Nixon was a crook and J6’ers were a bunch of rioters who tried to Hang Mike Pence.
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Joanne Freeman @jbf1755.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
They are competing to say howlingly racist things to grab attention and drum up the hate in advance of the election. This is what they're running on.
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Nate Pentz @natepentz.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
It's called go to a WNBA game.
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 01/10/2026
Black text on white page that reads as follows:

New Yorkers who lost their SNAP benefits because of the federal government's expanded work requirements can reapply starting today, October 1.

To find out whether you're eligible to get your benefits back or qualify for an exemption, call 718-SNAP-NOW (718-762-7669), visit nyc.gov/ACCESSHRA, or use the ACCESS HRA app.
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Please, for the love of God, can the media stop calling random cranks who write fan fiction about their personal heroes in the past "historians."
Geoff Shepard, a former Nixon aide turned Watergate historian and revisionist, recently gave a two-hour presentation at Justice Department headquarters that laid out his theory that the deep state took Nixon down. The title of his 78-page slide deck: “Watergate As Lawfare.”
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edgery.bsky.social @edgery.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
EXCLUSIVE: Kennedy Center moves to sell all of its Steinway pianos www.alternet.org/alternet-exc...
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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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edgery.bsky.social @edgery.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
He’s selling off the #KennedyCenter assets. The next step is demolition. www.alternet.org/alternet-exc...
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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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BlaqueSapphyre @blaquesapphyre.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Read "Kennedy Center moves to sell all of its Steinway pianos" on SmartNews: l.smartnews.com/p-8BlCzDPi/4...
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Kennedy Center moves to sell all of its Steinway pianos (AlterNet)
Photos show piano movers rolling massive Steinway grand pianos through the red-carpeted halls of the Kennedy Center this week, and British music journalist N...
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MrsMNash @mrsmnash.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
More Trump theft. You’ll see that Steinway again at Maralago.
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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...
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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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Waschesalon Grammy Campaign Manager @reginageorgebush.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
I keep thinking NJ-02 might be a sleeper race because Cape May relies heavily on Canadian tourism dollars, which have been ~cut in half since Trump took office again
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