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Scott Littlehale @slittlehale.bsky.social · 3h

"Never attack a win" "Fear is a liar" a couple of slogans from my union brother/executive officer that I attempt to work into my praxis...

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Alex Ip 葉清霖 @alexip718.com · 4h

BREAKING: For the first time in 10 months, the U.S. admitted a refugee who is not a white South African. In September, the U.S. admitted 3,386 white South Africans and two Afghans (in D.C.) In FY 2026, the U.S. has admitted a total of 16,287 white South Africans, five Afghans, and nobody else.

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South Florida Sun Sentinel @sun-sentinel.com · 7h

Palm Beach County Clerk of Courts Mike Caruso, suspended after his arrest on allegations he molested a young child, said he still “intend[s] to win” the November election. And the Palm Beach County Republican Party endorsed him today. Via @miamiherald.com

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Palm Beach County GOP endorses candidate accused of child sex abuse

Suspended Palm Beach County Clerk of Courts Mike Caruso said he has not abandoned his campaign, nor has the local Republican Party abandoned him, even after his arrest on child sex abuse charges.

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Julia Raifman, ScD @juliaraifman.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Did you know? 📉 Medi-Cal enrollment declined by more than 1M from June 25 ➡️ 26 📉 HR1 work requirements may accelerate this decline Prop. 40 is a one-time Billionaire Tax on 5% of their wealth to fund: ➡️ Health insurance coverage & care for Californians (90% of funds) ➡️ Food & education (10%)

Medi-Cal enrollment over time by age group https://www.chcf.org/medi-cal-enrollment-tracker/

Medi-Cal enrollment trend for full population
https://www.chcf.org/medi-cal-enrollment-tracker/

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Scott Littlehale @slittlehale.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

the part where the AI singing character's scalp ignites is really something!! Right up there with some of the weird concepts in early-days MTV, or am I misremembering those days, haha?

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Scott Littlehale @slittlehale.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Motivation for my Bandcamp Friday Reminder bot post: Suitor members are giving their album away, but they deserve some cash (I created reminders for the final two dates this year, Nov 6 and Dec 4) suitor.bandcamp.com/album/saw-yo...

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Saw You Out with the Weeds, by Suitor

10 track album

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Scott Littlehale @slittlehale.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

could somebody please make a "Bandcamp Friday" bot? It would post on social media on the days before and during to remind fans that artists are about to get a bigger cut of their purchases. I keep on learning about it a day or two late... (I could plan ahead and enter it into my calendar, I know...)

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Ariel Edwards-Levy @aedwardslevy.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

There is a lot of "oh dear" to go around in the results of this very thorough Pew study on the issues with synthetic samples, but this strikes me as particularly "oh dear" www.pewresearch.org/data-labs/20...

AI polling results can lean on racial or partisan stereotypes

In many cases, our AI poll took beliefs or attitudes that are reasonably common among a particular subgroup and portrayed them as nearly ubiquitous. For example, our AI poll would indicate that:

97% of Hispanic adults are at least somewhat likely to follow the World Cup (while the actual share is 43%).

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Walker Bragman @walkerbragman.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

“It’s not left vs right, it’s misinfo vs truth” says a misinformation peddling right-wing operative.

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Bryce Covert @brycecovert.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Fascinating new study of New Mexico's universal childcare program, first of its kind, finds the program dramatically increased work for lower-income moms www.the74million.org/zero2eight/n...

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Nearly a Year In, Universal Childcare Is Reshaping Work for Moms in New Mexico

A new study highlights some early impacts of universal childcare on labor supply for mothers in New Mexico.

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Justin Wolfers @justinwolfers.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Wage growth just keeps slowing. And yes, wages are rising slower than prices, and no, that's not how economic growth is meant to work.

Line chart titled "Nominal wage growth is slowing" showing year-over-year growth in average hourly earnings of private-sector workers. Wage growth has declined steadily from a peak of 5.9% in early 2022 to 3.0% in September 2026, the slowest rate in the series. This nearly 3 percentage point drop over four and a half years indicates significantly cooler labor market conditions, with the deceleration accelerating in recent months as growth fell from the 3.7-3.9% range in 2025 to the low 3% range currently.

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Aaron Sojourner @aaronsojourner.org · 02/10/2026

+29K jobs gained last month (mid-Aug to mid-Sept). -60K jobs in revisions of prior 2 months. The big picture

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maura quint @mauraquint.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

The good men, the friends and lovers even, say to me later "well why didn't you just tell that creep off" as though I wouldn't be accused of starting shit, as though they'd stand up for me and not interrogate me to make the creep comfortable instead. Experience tells me most men will do the latter.

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Conor Sen @conorsen.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

I think the most accurate expression of the labor market is your odds of getting fired continue to drop, job openings are growing modestly, but employers are still somewhat reluctant to pull the trigger on hiring. But something has to give.

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Buffy Wicks @buffywicks.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

I am ecstatic that @governor.ca.gov just signed AB 2222, historic legislation I authored w/ @asmchrisward.bsky.social that vaults CA to the forefront of protecting & rebuilding journalism in our communities. This is the capstone to vital work that began 5+ yrs ago, & our road has not been easy.

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Steve Vladeck @stevevladeck.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

By my math, the order was filed 11 minutes after the Trump administration's reply brief came in.

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David J. Bier @davidjbier.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Mullin is lying. These were not identified as "high-risk" nations, and it was not "tougher vetting" that cut entries. The absolute number of denials is LOWER now than under Biden. They just aren't even processing applications, and you owe every American sponsor an answer.

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Scott Littlehale @slittlehale.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

very fucked up. The 17 year old (no other info about him made public as of now) fell on an Ohio job site owned by a nonprofit developer. He is hospitalized with severe head injuries. It's important to vett contractors and subcontractors!

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Congressman Greg Casar @repcasar.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

I saw Wilber in ICE detention yesterday, in a wheelchair with a bullet still in his body. Here’s what’s next: He needs surgery. And ICE needs to cooperate with the independent investigation.

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 26/09/2026

17/ We’re still reporting on this topic. If you use apps like DraftKings or FanDuel or have experience in the gambling industry, you can help us with our reporting by sharing your transaction history with us.

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Help ProPublica Report on Sports Betting by Sending Us Your App Data

If you’ve bet on sports with FanDuel or DraftKings, you can help ProPublica understand how these apps respond to their users’ betting behavior. Use our browser extension to download your betting histo...

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W.E.D.em Boyz @leftistwonk.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Rahm Emanuel, who has about a good a chance of being president as I do, has been profiled like 9 times in the last couple months in major newspapers. It really shows you how profoundly out of touch the people are that drive much of our national political discourse.

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Brett "Solidarity 2026" Banditelli @banditelli.org · 26/09/2026

Pinning the print folder for this through Halloween. If you're looking for my health updates they're threaded below. drive.google.com/drive/folder...

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9.25 Crows - Google Drive

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Lauren "Hope is Praxis" Lastname @verbingnouns.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

"Does your process knowledge, all that non-digitized stuff that doesn’t show up in training data that you learned from living as a human being in the messy sticky fuzzy-edged physical world, tell you something different from what the AI “analysis” is telling you?"

So here’s how I would urge you all to celebrate Stanislav Petrov Day this year. Remember the example of the man who disobeyed orders to ignore what the cutting-edge computer system was telling him to do, and saved untold millions of lives in the process. Whatever an AI is telling you, whether it’s a warning of a national security threat or a business “efficiency” recommendation or healthcare “cost-saving” or personal “communication tips,” do not trust it unreservedly. Do not let yourself become a meat-puppet for unthinking software because it’s easier in the short run. Do not take irreversible actions, especially actions putting life at risk, due to AI guidance.

Disobey, always, rather than do something barbarous.

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Scott Littlehale @slittlehale.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Fact: Residential contractors compensate workers at *below-avg rates*. A great divide in unionization %s b/t residential & nonres construction rates partly drive the res v nonres pay gap. Union rates also help drive up *non-union* nonres contractors' pay. Source: BLS NCS, unpublished estimates.

Key Findings

Residential specialty trades are below the overall private-sector average on both wages and benefits.

Wages are $3.81/hr below average.
Benefits are $4.29/hr below average.

Nonresidential specialty trades are above the overall private-sector average.

Wages are $5.13/hr above average.
Benefits are $4.46/hr above average.

The entire $17.70/hr gap between residential and nonresidential specialty trades can be viewed as:

Residential being $8.10/hr below the private-sector norm.
Nonresidential being $9.60/hr above the private-sector norm.

This framing makes the split especially clear: residential specialty construction looks like a below-average compensation segment of the labor market, whereas nonresidential specialty construction looks like an above-average compensation segment, with the largest divergence occurring in benefits.

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Gillian Brockell @gillianbrockell.com · 24/09/2026

Well that was fast. The First Circuit said, "Did we stutter? Overturned means overturned." 🏆 bsky.app/profile/chri...

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Gillian Brockell @gillianbrockell.com · 24/09/2026

NEW: Emergency motion asks First Circuit if its decision overturning DHS's third-country removal policy is effective immediately or not. They cite my reporting, and reveal tomorrow's ICE flight to make TCR stops in Central African Republic, Rwanda and Burundi. www.courtlistener.com/docket/72347...

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Motion (other) – #00108513219 in D.V.D. v. U.S. Department of Homeland Security (1st Cir., 26-1212) – CourtListener.com

EMERGENCY MOTION to Clarify the Effectiveness of this Court's Decision or, In the Alternative, Confirm the Stay is Lifted or Issue the Mandate filed by Appellees D.V.D., E.F.D., M.M. and O.C.G.. Serve...

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The Downballot @the-downballot.com · 22/09/2026

In primaries this year, Democratic turnout utterly dwarfed Republican turnout. But does it mean anything for November? It turns out the answer is very much yes. A new analysis from @donnermaps.bsky.social suggests that Dems are on track for a 13-point blowout in the House vote. Here's why.

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Massive primary turnout points to biggest year for Democrats since Watergate

There’s a remarkably close correlation between the primary vote and the House popular vote

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Kate Starbird @katestarbird.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

The DOJ is intentionally drawing attention to this incident of mail dumping to sow distrust in mail-in voting, suppress votes, & motivate changes to the law to make it harder to vote. If you're amplifying and feeding that frame, even from the other side, you're a pawn in their information operation.

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Kate Starbird @katestarbird.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

So this is real incident, twisted into a false narrative in three ways: (1) intent: the motivation for discarding mail had nothing to w/ the election; (2) exaggerated impact: the discarded ballots aren't enough to affect outcomes; (3) ignored remedies: affected voters could get replacement ballots.

Infographic titled "Six Ways 'Rigged Election' Rumors Mislead." A two-column table pairs six labeled categories with descriptions. The first three categories are:

No Evidence: The rumor is entirely unsubstantiated. There's no evidence to support the rumor.

Fake/False Evidence: The rumor is based on fake or synthetic evidence (e.g. AI-generated content), manipulated evidence, or false witness testimony.

Misinterpreted Evidence: This rumor is based upon real evidence that has been misinterpreted or intentionally mischaracterized to create a false impression.

A black banner then introduces the final three categories: "Real Evidence, Real Voting Issue, False Narrative."

Exaggerated Impact: The rumor centers on a real issue with voting but falsely insinuates or exaggerates impact on election results.

Ignored Remedies: The rumor centers on a real issue with voting but ignores and/or obscures the remedies that would address this problem

False Blame: The rumor centers on a real issue with voting but either falsely attributes intent for an accidental issue or places blame on an innocent party.

Source: UW Center for an Informed Public, September 2026.

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Scott Littlehale @slittlehale.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Happy fall equinox eve. I hope someone facing West right now will take and post a photo. our least obstructed view is mostly north.

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David Brady @davebrady72.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

There’s this Right wing meme going around about the rise of Mississippi 4th grade reading scores being so triumphantly high. In 2024, they’re like 2nd or 3rd highest. I wonder if this is believable… curios if education experts like @mpolikoff.bsky.social have views.

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Scott Littlehale @slittlehale.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Going to go out on a limb and assert that this drug price deal investigation is just bit more important than T. Lorenz and deserves attention (still don't really know who she is and why people care anything about her, but hey, I'm old and out of touch with the ways of today's media environment).

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Peter Maybarduk @maybarduk.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

For some sections of the MFN deals, even the headers are redacted. Trump's HHS won't even tell the American people what it's not telling them. Rules affecting meds access typically are made in public, through legislation or process with public comment. Not Trump's deals. What's being traded here?

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Peter Maybarduk @maybarduk.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

We obtained Trump’s confidential drug pricing deals with Pfizer & Lilly via FOIA litigation. The texts are heavily redacted, making it impossible to verify some of Trump's claims. But unredacted text shows Trump exaggerated his drug pricing achievements, which expire anyway at the end of his term.

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Andrea Z @azagata.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

On Thursday the company launched its 175th year with a fancy party so we invited ourselves and we bought the message truck, I love my colleagues would run through walls for them

A group of people gathers on the street with a fair contract now sign

A message truck reads ‘some cuts don’t heal’

A message truck driving in manhattan with the CEO’s face on it

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Punk Rock History @punkrockhistory.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

47 years ago today Pennie Smith photographed Paul Simonon of The Clash at the New York Palladium, September 20, 1979. She made one of the most famous images in music history. #punk #punks #punkrock #theclash #PaulSimonon #penniesmith #history #punkrockhistory #otd

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Jason "Red5" Lyall @jaylyall.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

You're in charge of a war that you're losing, the Houthi are on the march to Riyadh, you've run the Navy ragged, you've lost almost all your bases in the Middle East, you're out of missiles (mostly) that you need in case China steals a march on Taiwan...and you're at a fucking football game.

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Jed Kolko @jedkolko.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Political encroachment in statistical methods for political goals undermines confidence in the entire statistical system. That could hurt funding, response rates, and retention of expert staff, further degrading data quality. Read more at @piie.com www.piie.com/blogs/realti...

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Political meddling at the Census Bureau damages the entire US statistical system

This summer marks the worst period for US statistical integrity since President Donald Trump fired the head of the Bureau of Labor Statistics last August. Two different and seemingly uncoordinated eve...

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Jed Kolko @jedkolko.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

The 2025 American Community Survey should have come out today. But it has been delayed because of unusual political encroachment at Census. ACS drives business and policy decisions, especially in local communities, and is the primary input to Census’s immigration estimates.

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The Associated Press @apnews.com · 17/09/2026

Exclusive data shows where 4.5 million migrants who crossed the U.S. border with Mexico over the past decade settled, reshaping cities.

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After the border: Exclusive data reveals how unprecedented border crossings reshaped America | AP News

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Erik Loomis @erikloomis.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

One counterfactual worth asking is whether the Democratic Party would have moved so far to the left on economic issues in the last 15 years without the anger that Occupy channeled and then spun off into new politicians fighting for a revived liberalism and even socialism (very mild form).

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Erik Loomis @erikloomis.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

But here’s the thing about social movements–it is quite impossible to say why one event catalyzes a movement.

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Scott Littlehale @slittlehale.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

If you're searching for a Lebanese band that gives you a hit of early Interpol-like vibes, but with more gravitas by virtue of where they're from and when they were making music (2006-2009), Scrambled Eggs have got you covered tidal.com/album/532391...

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Scrambled Eggs - Happier Together, Filthier Than Ever [The Best Of]

Listen to Happier Together, Filthier Than Ever [The Best Of] on TIDAL in exceptional sound quality, or on your choice of service

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Leah Greenberg ❌👑 @leahgreenberg.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Here's a great example. The PAC doing this is not connected to No Kings. None of the info you provide-email, RSVP etc- goes to the people actually organizing it. The fake RSVP is a hook so that they can ask for money, which they do at the end of the form go.progressivemajoritypac.com/a/nokings101...

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Will you attend the next No Kings Protest on October 17th?

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Scott Littlehale @slittlehale.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

damn, this is quite an album I think I will be spending some time with (as well as going back to 2020's I Was Born Swimming) tidal.com/album/526641...

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Squirrel Flower - Say a Prayer to the Gods of Getting Going

Listen to Say a Prayer to the Gods of Getting Going on TIDAL

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