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Skip Ashseed @skipashseed.bsky.social · 11h

AI experts: We need government regulation to force AI companies to slow down and not destroy human civilization. CheetohFace: How about you promise to be extra careful and call it "superintelligence" because then I get credit for naming it? SI experts: JAWOHL!! 🤚 www.axios.com/2026/09/29/t...

axios.com

Trump and top AI leaders agree to voluntary AI standards

"They're going to be policing each other," Trump told reporters.

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Qasim Rashid, Esq. @qasimrashid.com · 17/09/2026

You’ve likely not seen it on national media, and you likely won’t. But this week Troy, Michigan police arrested 79 year old Peter Hamilton Northup in a Troy library parking lot after he threatened to kill four Americans who are Muslim. islamtoday.substack.com/p/police-arr...

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Police Arrest Michigan Man Planning to Kill 4 American Muslims

The 79 year old suspect was found with more than 20 firearms

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Skip Ashseed @skipashseed.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Every Dem in Congress should immediately sponsor a bill to give the bottom 90% a $5000 check, payable before the election. Make every Republican come out and say they're against it, and against Trump.

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Corinne Green @ket.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

hey, i'm gonna need y'all to get back in the closet for a bit, please. we gotta pretend like you don't exist and i wouldn't associate with you. and i may have to say some pretty bad things about you. but it's just to gain power. okay? yes, there. perfect. just until there are no elections. thanks 🌊

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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Happy 60th anniversary to the brilliant universe of Star Trek, and all who made it possible. Live long and prosper. 🖖

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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

This is pretty fucking wild. I had assumed in a worst case scenario he would target blue zip codes and toss ballots based on technicalities but this is even worse than I imagined.

Not only is this system astonishingly untested, USPS has simultaneously implemented an
impracticable zero percent failure rate.
13 When ballots are submitted to USPS in large-volume
batches, if any one ballot in the batch cannot be verified against the Portal, all ballots in that
batch will be rejected. For example, if a state election official brings a batch of 10,000 ballots to
USPS and USPS is unable to match just one of those ballots against the Portal – because, for
example, someone has recently changed their name after marriage or they’ve moved – then
USPS would refuse to mail the remaining 9,999 ballots as well. As the whistleblower notes,

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Skip Ashseed @skipashseed.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

I still hate Gen AI.... But damn if it doesn't make it easier to fill my self-performance-review with glowing bullshit.

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Skip Ashseed @skipashseed.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

sanfordheisler.com/case/sexual-...

Ms. Dominguez’s New Jersey court case was closed on August 11, 2026, after the Department of Labor determined that Ms. Dominguez’s rape constituted a workplace injury for which workers’ compensation is the exclusive remedy. In reaching that determination, the Department of Labor had to conclude that being raped was “in the performance of her job duties” and therefore qualifies as workers’ compensation.

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Skip Ashseed @skipashseed.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

RFKj: “the deaths may even have been altogether fabricated by one of the Governor’s hopeful staffers.” arstechnica.com/health/2026/...

Meme of "THERE IS NO WAR IN BA SING SE" with Robert F Kennedy Jr's face over that of Joo Di, and caption that reads "THERE IS NO MEASLES IN PENNSYLVANIA"

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Skip Ashseed @skipashseed.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Who is creating AI black women to make their reporting sound more reputable?

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Faine Greenwood @faineg.com · 26/08/2026

The guy in this video is a master class in creeping out the creepers for the public good. study it.

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Elias the Extraterrestrial @eliasvarden.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

the human printer bit keeps getting told as a quirk. it's a filter. the most powerful man alive reads only what one aide chooses to print and hand him. she decides which version of reality reaches the president, and she's optimizing for his mood, not for what's true.

forbes.com

Jon Ossoff Doubles Down On Natalie Harp Dig—Blasts Trump Aides Who Act As His ‘Security Blanket’

Harp is nicknamed the “human printer” because she prints off articles and social media posts for Trump to read.

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Skip Ashseed @skipashseed.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

TIL the early 1900s author of A Passage to India, and Merchant Ivory favorites Howard's End and A Room With A View, got his start by basically inventing dystopian fiction.

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Skip Ashseed @skipashseed.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

Goshdarnit, @maryrobinettekowal.com , why you gotta make me start crying while I'm working out at the gym? #Apprehension #Don'tBorrowTrouble

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Skip Ashseed @skipashseed.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

His justification is that 1A only binds Congress from regulating religion, not the states. Clearly, this is a dude who never read past 2A, or he would know that 14A specifies "No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States."

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Skip Ashseed @skipashseed.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

So Sen. Paul drums up a hearing in order to set Fauci up for perjury charges. Then he tells Fauci that he'll be punished for invoking his 5A rights (which is exactly what 5A was created to prevent) and throws his lawyer out, denying him his right to counsel. www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...

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Anthony Fauci invokes Fifth Amendment right not to answer questions at Covid hearing, calls Sen. Rand Paul ‘unhinged’

The former top health official said he was invoking the 5th Amendment to avoid the possibility that Republicans might try to prosecute him for perjury.

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kelly jensen @heykellyjensen.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

🚨🚨🚨 Republicans in the Senate have drafted S. 4925, their companion to the House's HR 7616 bill. This nationwide book banning bill shows the GOP's priorities during the quiet summer season. S. 4925 is already in the HELP subcommittee. bookriot.com/senate-bill-...

bookriot.com

Republican Senators Introduce Nationwide Book Ban Companion Bill, S. 4925

Republican Senators have introduced a nationwide book ban bill in the Senate, S. 4925 and it's a warning of their summer plans.

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Skip Ashseed @skipashseed.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

And most ridiculous opinion goes to Justice Beer-Me for deciding that the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952 somehow carries more weight than the Constitution of the USA, even though it uses the same words.

text from section 301 of the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952 that states that "a person born in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof" is a citizen at birth.

text from the 14th Amendment to the USA Constitution that states: "All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside."

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Skip Ashseed @skipashseed.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

Watching Ready Player One again, and in the beginning, Halliday estimates his total wealth (in a way intended to communicate "this is a ridiculous amount of wealth, clearly this was the richest guy on the planet") at about half a trillion dollars.

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Skip Ashseed @skipashseed.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

Just more █ ┼ supremacism coming out of our Supreme Court. According to these fucks, you can't sue state LEOs for violations of your religious rights because the law only protects you from federal LEOs. Basically, unwriting the doctrine of incorporation. www.nbcnews.com/politics/sup...

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Supreme Court rules against Rastafarian man over religious rights claim against prison officials

Officials at a Louisiana prison cut off Damon Landor's dreadlocks in violation of his religious beliefs. The case centered on whether he could seek damages.

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Victoria Strauss @victoriastrauss.com · 22/06/2026

Writer Beware is and always has been free.

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Skip Ashseed @skipashseed.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

A lot of folks on the left use the word "Zionist" the same way that the right uses the word "woke."

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Skip Ashseed @skipashseed.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

It's easy to look at these situations and dig in harder on the side of "AI/Surveillance-tech is terrible and should never happen." But that offers no solutions. What we NEED is comprehensive discussion about how to LIMIT these tech so they are implemented ethically and don't encroach on our rights.

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Bennett Tomlin @bft.wtf · 15/06/2026

The difference between 1.2 trillion and 0.9 trillion is the entire wealth of Larry Page, Forbes second richest man. It is 4 times the wealth of “Charles Koch and family.” It is 10 Peter Thiels. It is 12 Murdoch families.

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Skip Ashseed @skipashseed.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

Surprising absolutely no one, AI Hiring Algorithms are discriminating against Black applicants. www.theroot.com/new-stanford...

They also found that the algorithm was less likely to recommend Black candidates for jobs in sectors like finance but more likely to recommend them for jobs like warehouse jobs. And the tricky thing, according to researchers, is that both patterns “cancel each other out,” making it “seem like there is no discrimination.” The researchers tied the patterns to market concentration, noting that when industries rely on a single vendor, “it may be more likely that candidates are shut out.”

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Erica C. Barnett @ericacbarnett.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

Westman's Bagels in Seattle, which has non-Jewish owners, is attempting to tell the history of bagels (and capitalize on that history in a visual display that casts Westman's as its culmination) by eliminating Jews from the story. Literally.

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Skip Ashseed @skipashseed.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

Online mags have hit a new low in clickbaity article titles. This is referring to "The Super Mario Galaxy Movie."

Collider magazine article title: "Anya Taylor-Joy's Sci-Fi Epic is officially the first $1 billion movie of 2026."

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Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg @theradr.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

ICE is not about immigration. ICE is about normalizing a paramilitary force on peaceful streets. Abolish ICE.

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Skip Ashseed @skipashseed.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

Hey, remember back in 2002 when this idea was a punch-line on The West Wing instead of something actually being pushed for by an oligarchic regime?

Screenshots from The West Wing, S3, E2: "Do we really want to set a precedent that anyone can stage a coup and walk away if it doesn't work? And with $10 million and a private plane?"

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Skip Ashseed @skipashseed.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

According to realclearpolling.com, 60% of Americans think the country is "on the wrong track." Predictably, 47, the GOP, and the Dems all have similar "unfavorable" ratings. What's scary is that 47 and the GOP have higher "favorable" ratings than the Dems do right now. Dems need to make waves.

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Skip Ashseed @skipashseed.bsky.social · 19/05/2026

Fuck Musk. Fuck 47. Fuck every fucking billionaire who decided that their own uncontainable wealth was more important than the health and well-being of people all around the world.

From NYTimes.com: The United States withdrew from the W.H.O. in January, and the U.S. Agency for International Development, which has played a major role in containing previous outbreaks, was shuttered last year by the Trump administration.

It is unclear how that might have affected the response to this outbreak. Atul Gawande, a former senior U.S.A.I.D. official, suggested that it may have gone undetected for weeks because American agencies had been scaled back.

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Skip Ashseed @skipashseed.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

The dad in me feels compelled to point out that this could have read "where no man has come before." I'll see myself out.

Post on Patreon from Mary Robinette Kowal, "In the audio booth to record Lesbians in Space: where no man has gone before"

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Skip Ashseed @skipashseed.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

They've moved on from "they're eating your cats and dogs" to "they're coming to kill us all."

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Skip Ashseed @skipashseed.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

AGUILAR: How do we know? Do you just trust that the President knows that the ceasefire is active or not active? HOGSBREATH: As you know, for the most part, a "ceasefire" means the fire is ceasing, and we know that has occured while negotiations occur. MEANWHILE IN THE MIDDLE EAST: 🚢💣💥

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Skip Ashseed @skipashseed.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

I think historians will look back and determine that 2025 was the beginning of the Age of Enshittification in the USA.

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Skip Ashseed @skipashseed.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

Slightly increase a band Everything Including the Girl

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Naomi Kritzer @naomikritzer.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

Not that it's OK for ICE to treat anyone this way, but this woman is a green card holder. She's a legal immigrant who did everything legally and she's been kidnapped by ICE.

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Strange Horizons @strangehorizons.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

Rabbit Test and Other Stories by Samantha Mills reviewed by William Shaw Link ⬇️ strangehorizons.com/wordpress/no...

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cover of Rabbit Test and Other Stories by Samantha Mills featuring RABBIT in large white letters with an all black rabbit with red eyes within the A and a COVID test in the I. Test is below in large red letters.

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Mills is clearly a capable writer, with a versatility that goes beyond the horror-history of “Rabbit Test.” As brilliant as that story is, her best work may yet be ahead of her. Certainly I will be very happy to engage with Phase Two whenever it appears.
reviewer: William Shaw

4 May 2026
Strange Horizons

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Skip Ashseed @skipashseed.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

I think we all know what this particular fuck is. It's really telling that the USA is now lagging behind Hungary in terms of democratic freedoms.

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Snowden St. @snowden.st · 23/04/2026

This was a great lunchtime read, tbh, if only for the brisk writing and clear thinking of a man trying to handle the great panic and concern he may be feeling (non-derogatory).

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