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I love to torture myself seeking fine-grained understanding of events over which I have no control. Note that I will unfollow anyone posting AI slop unless it's in a post disparaging AI slop.

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Citizen.Coping @propcazhpm.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
So use of LLM-generated AI language not only offloads thinking and writing by individuals, but the polish and false confidence discourages more questions & analysis downstream, leading to bad decisions at a strategic level. Sadly, the people this might help most wld need an AI summary. 🤔 #LangSky
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The Hidden Risk of Polished AI Language | HackerNoon
The most dangerous AI output at work may be the polished sentence that shuts down scrutiny before anyone checks its assumptions.
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Phil Free @philfree.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
“Global use of materials didn’t outstrip the planet’s ability to provide those resources until about 1970, so this is a recent phenomenon in human history. It didn’t have to be this way, & it still doesn’t.” #degrowth - @mattorsagh.bsky.social degrowthistheanswer.substack.com/p/status?r=d...
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It wasn't always about hyper consumption. We can return to that way of life.
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Will Bunch @willbunch.bsky.social · 23h
TIRED: Defund the police WIRED: Defund the police widows and orphans
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singemonkey.bsky.social @singemonkey.bsky.social · 16h
This was also the play here under apartheid where there was a stipulated lengthy detention-without-trial period. They’d re-detain immediately on release and it could go on for years.
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singemonkey.bsky.social @singemonkey.bsky.social · 16h
On USA Today making an interview with a sexual violence expert available throughout their news - not just a single piece. And then the threat represented by this:
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singemonkey.bsky.social @singemonkey.bsky.social · 17h
At the moment, honest reflection seems unusual and somewhat admirable. But what will Europe actually do to reduce the inherited harms of its looting and exploitation? Just for a start they could create favourable trading conditions and stop actively exploiting those countries.
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M Meerkat @kackbro.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Naomi Klein Is Spot On.......
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Dennis Detwiller @drgonzo123.bsky.social · 21h
“It is the east, and Juliet is the sun” <Neil deGrasse Tyson's distinctive voice somewhere in the audience>: "NO SHE'S NOT!"
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CIDRAP @cidrap.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
DRC Ebola cases grow, deaths top 4,000 as officials struggle to ascertain numbers, trends An aid worker was evacuated to Europe after testing positive for the virus. Read more: bit.ly/4hpcz61 📷: UK Department for International Development / Flickr cc
Health workers helping in Ebola response
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singemonkey.bsky.social @singemonkey.bsky.social · 17h
My first time watching the show and a long time since I’ve watched her. She has a whole philosopher queen thing going on - full of wise sayings in a voice that sounds older than she looks. Surprised by how impressively she presents now even though she was entertaining in the past.
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Karen Attiah @karenattiah.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Today, 8 years ago, my friend, Saudi Journalist and Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi was murdered.
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Inequality News @inequalitynews.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
🚨 Rates of imprisonment in the US are literally "off the chart" when compared to other countries 🔽. This graph had to use a log-scale on the Y-axis just to get the US dot on the graph. For more evidence on social dysfunction in the US, please see this report ➡️ equalitytrust.org.uk/evidence-bas...
Graph showing strong relationship between inequality and rates of imprisonment with the US the worst performer by far with high income inequality and very high rates of imprisonment.
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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 19h
Israeli air attack on Gaza City apartment kills at least five aje.news/66fcwn
Israeli air attack on Gaza City apartment kills at least five
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singemonkey.bsky.social @singemonkey.bsky.social · 17h
I’m just reading this now. But it sounds on its face like it could make a big difference for a number of hard-to-treat cancers.
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Mark Watson @watsoncomedian.bsky.social · 23h
It's weird to live in a time where the Pope keeps making better statements on current affairs than any secular world leader seems able or willing to.
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flyingrodent @flyingrodent.bsky.social · 18h
Two successive governments laid themselves open to war crimes charges, beshitted their reputations and radicalised much of the populace against them because the American government demanded we assist this man’s atrocities.
Daily Mail © @DailyMail • 4h
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Benjamin Netanyahu tells NATALIE LISBONA:
'Britain under Burnham is like a rogue state - attacking Israel while appeasing an Islamist, leftist alliance'
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singemonkey.bsky.social @singemonkey.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Thanks!
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FAIR (Fairness & Accuracy In Reporting) @fairmediawatch.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Looking back on September 11, the New York Times maintains its preference for a military response—expressed as a pretense that the US had no other choice—despite ample evidence that the US's violent retaliation has been a global disaster. fair.org/slider/25-ye...
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25 Years After 9/11, NYT Continues to Rationalize Catastrophic Wars
The New York Times—which played a critical role in dampening skepticism of the "Global War on Terror"—rationalized the violence the US unleashed after 9/11.
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ve, the ghost of info past @vortexegg.com · 01/10/2026
People need to understand the people leading the AI industry, transhumanist/longtermist/EA movements, and tech broadly, as died-in-the-wool pseudoscientists, denialists (climate change, the holocaust), and crank purveyors of conspiritualist woo of the highest order. The height of Rationalism.
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shaunt @shaunvids.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
"biden is sooo mad at netanyahu he's going to stop funding the genocide any day now, probably" is a tactic they tried every couple of weeks while he was in office. there's no rescuing his legacy here sorry
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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 02/10/2026
1,439 Palestinians have been killed in Gaza and 5,052 injured since the 'ceasefire' began in October 2025.
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Israeli drone kills Palestinian in Gaza, settlers kill another in West Bank
1,439 Palestinians have been killed in Gaza and 5,052 injured since the 'ceasefire' began in October 2025.
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johnedwinmason @johnedwinmason.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
America is a savage place. apnews.com/article/chri...
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Christa Pike is in critical condition after Tennessee’s failed execution attempt, her lawyers say
Attorneys for Christa Pike say the death row inmate is still alive but in critical condition a day after the state's failed attempt to execute her for the 1995 murder of a woman.
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Pierre de Vos @pierredevos.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Uphill battle for Sibiya as State lays ‘very strong’ case in rape, trafficking scandal www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2026...
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Uphill battle for Sibiya as State lays ‘very strong’ case in rape, trafficking scandal
Senior cop Shadrack Sibiya is fighting to stay out of jail over charges including rape, trafficking and sexual grooming of a child while, at the same time, taking on two disciplinary processes that co...
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singemonkey.bsky.social @singemonkey.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
And there’s essentially no allegation against the South African Police Service too vile to be plausible…
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singemonkey.bsky.social @singemonkey.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
It’s exactly those financial incentives I’m talking about. The board positions and consulting fees they’ll inevitably receive even if they lose office - the rewards for not giving into economic “populism” (sharing the nation’s wealth). And the titles won’t be far off considering investors in the UK
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Dutch Cycling Embassy @dutchcycling.nl · 01/10/2026
Is ageing a barrier to cycling? On the contrary! In The Netherlands , people between 65 and 75 years old, cycle more than any other adult group. Source: CBS – Statistics Netherlands, How much do Dutch people cycle? (2023) Fishman, Schepers & Kamphuis (2015).
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singemonkey.bsky.social @singemonkey.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
They’re trying to find out what the minimum level of government support is necessary to convince the left to go back to voting Labour. The key is that they’re so beholden to private interests that they won’t copy FDR’s approach. If capital has to give up too much they’d rather lose.
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singemonkey.bsky.social @singemonkey.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Ok Burnham. Let’s see what you’ve got. My expectations are very low…
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singemonkey.bsky.social @singemonkey.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
*electric
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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
It’s remarkable how many people can move on a street when those people don’t feel the need to always take a massive car with them. Mobility in cities is about space.
Busy European street with buses filled with people in a long line of people on bikes, waiting for the light to change in a separated, protected bike lane. Imagine if all those people or each in a separate car.
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singemonkey.bsky.social @singemonkey.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Be aware: overwhelmingly the press refers to the problem vehicles as “e-bikes” when they’re thinly disguised electronic motorcycles - and usually illegal already. Just not policed. The pedal-assist bikes you’re thinking of when you hear “e-bike” are rarely causing any trouble.
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Pearls and Irritations @johnmenadue.com · 30/09/2026
Ten years after South Australia’s blackout, the state gets more than 75% of its electricity from renewables and is heading towards 100% net renewables. The technology has raced ahead while the politics remains stuck, Giles Parkinson writes. #auspol #RenewableEnergy
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‘Too much wind and solar’? Ten years on, South Australia tells a different story
Ten years after South Australia’s statewide blackout became a political weapon against renewables, the state now gets more than three-quarters of its electricity from renewable sources. The technology has raced ahead, even if the politics has barely moved.
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Molly Crabapple @mollycrabapple.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
A Satmar Hassidic guy is in ICE detention because he was accused of tearing down an Israeli flag www.nytimes.com/2026/09/30/n...
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A Hasidic Jew Protested Against an Israeli Flag. He May Be Deported. (Gift Article)
Yehonatan Ovadia, who opposed the mounting of the flag in a small New York town, belongs to a Hasidic branch that is anti-Zionist. He is now in ICE custody.
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John Voelcker @johnvoelcker.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Ah, New York, New York. Street-parking a #Tesla Cybertruck in the deep East Village is ... a choice.
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Canadian Paintings @canadianpaintings.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
We are the Wildflowers Emily Kewageshig ~ Anishinaabe 2024
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BK. Titanji @boghuma.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Fiji is experiencing an alarming HIV outbreak at a time when we have more tools than ever to diagnose, treat and prevent HIV. It is a warning that progress against HIV is not self-sustaining and to end the epidemic we cannot become complacent bktitanji.substack.com/p/hiv-is-not...
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HIV Is Not Done With Us
Fiji’s rapidly growing epidemic is a warning about what happens when complacency, vulnerability and retreating resources give the virus an opening
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The A.V. Club @avclub.com · 30/09/2026
The cutesy Muse avatar, Jolly, lulls users into a false sense of security as the AI gives their address out to Facebook users. www.avclub.com/muse-ai-secu...
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Meta's adorable AI is, predictably, a security nightmare
Meta's adorable AI is, predictably, a security nightmare
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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 30/09/2026
Iraq marks national 'Sovereignty Days' as US troops depart, but must navigate risks of new security landscape.
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Iraq begins high-stakes security balancing act as US troops withdraw
Iraq marks national 'Sovereignty Days' as US troops depart, but must navigate risks of new security landscape.
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public health guy @publichealthguy1.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
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a tux cat asleep on my knee
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Dennis Detwiller @drgonzo123.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Gods. To write something like that. To live it.
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Justin @justintyper1.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
i got into arguments sharing this meme on threads a couple years ago, people kept trying to say it was fake or doctored. I've been a mechanic for over 30 years and a fleet mechanic for nearly 20 of those, I've worked on both.
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William Gillis 🏴 @rechelon.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
The bad turn was when folks normalized an expectation of open posting in comments sections under blogs, as if the internet were one big town square and all conversations must happen that way. One small hope I have for LLMs is as personal moderators enabling "This post is for _____ folks only."
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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
"Russia has committed an aggression and is conducting an unlawful war... against Ukraine... I want Putin to get in front of the ICC." UN Special Rapporteur on Palestine, Francesca Albanese, responds to critics who say she's pro-Russia. My full Zeteo interview with her: zeteo.com/p/albanese-t...
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Kat Tenbarge @kattenbarge.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
I believe fraternity hazing and military hazing and sports team hazing where men abuse each other is acclimating them into a broader culture of abuse where they will then believe it is their right to abuse other more vulnerable people. It’s so insidious. And that’s also why I think men defend it
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singemonkey.bsky.social @singemonkey.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
This fills me with absolute rage. These fascists must be prosecuted for illegally denying people healthcare. Complicit clinic and hospital staff should have their professional status revoked.
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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 30/09/2026
Protests across Morocco highlight gap between public opposition to normalisation and Rabat’s closer ties with Israel.
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Morocco's pro-Palestine protests challenge Rabat's deepening Israel ties
Protests across Morocco highlight gap between public opposition to normalisation and Rabat's closer ties with Israel.
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Cool Bike Art @coolbikeart1.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Cycling Capote 📷Slim Aarons #BicycleBirthday Truman Capote September 30 (1924-1984)
Photo of writer Truman Capote in red trousers riding a bicycle with a red and white basket in the middle of a wide, mostly empty street.
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shauna @goldengateblond.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
i thought about this old tweet tonight and how nothing has ever aged better
@Merman_Melville • Jan 24, 2019
Being a billionaire must be insane. You can buy new teeth, new skin. All your chairs cost 20,000 dollars and weigh 2,000 pounds. Your life is just a series of your own preferences. In terms of cognitive impairment it's probably like being kicked in the head by a horse every day
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Ed Zitron @edzitron.com · 30/09/2026
This is now a sycophancy test. Joking about it I’ll accept, barely, but anyone who even remotely indulges this is a coward
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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
We have the chance to cut bills, end the sewage scandal and stop the rampant profiteering. But instead it's more half-measures, and kicking the issue into the long grass.
Prime Minister stops short of nationalising water companies
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