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scha·den·freu·de @blisterpearl.bsky.social · 16h

Near-Earth Objects cause autism. Vaccines cause left-handedness.

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Autism:
1 in 10,000. 1990
1 in 30. 2026
Vaccines cause autism.

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Near Earth Asteroids:
1960, 20
2026, 40k+
Telescopes cause asteroids

@brixjourney 3h ago
Why has no one mentioned the more obvious conclusion, near-Earth asteroids cause autism.

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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 13h

How do I know Hegseth’s order to deny access to bases to members of Congress is about a cover up, not about safety? Because I asked for a military briefing at the embassy as a substitute and was told the policy prohibited military leaders in the region from even talking to me.

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Jessica Ellis @baddestmamajama.bsky.social · 12/12/2025

Fun fact, did you know that women are massively more likely to be sent home from the ER *while* having a heart attack because their symptoms are different? So even if we had rage aneurysms, doctors would probably just suggest we reduce stress and lose some weight.

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More Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

HUGE: The Cheyenne and Arapaho tribes have both voted to impose a three-year moratorium on data center construction on tribal lands — temporarily banning dara centers on 8,000 square miles. The Cherokee Nation, Seminole Nation of Oklahoma, and the Kickapoo Tribe have all imposed similar bans.

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By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 05/10/2026

We're repeatedly told that the killer app for pervert glasses - Meta's AI-enabled camera glasses and their imitators - is that they will remind you of someone's name and spare you the social awkwardness of not recognizing them.

Medieval peasants working the fields in front of a walled city. Their overseer rides a horse; his head has been replaced with a robotic camera. From all sides, gory, anatomical eyeballs intrude upon the scene, each one with a different colored iris.

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Andrew Facini @andrewfacini.com · 06/10/2026

you do not, under any circumstances, gotta hand Los Angeles and San Diego to them

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Covie @covie93.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

The people who can't even keep lettuce and eggs safe are 'actively monitoring' the plague outbreak in Russia.

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Imran Bristol @handle.invalid · 04/10/2026

Comedian Michael Shafar points out that Reform supporters seem to hate migrants who have a core British value....

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Covie @covie93.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Can't believe trump would be bribing voters after Susan Collins assured us that he learned his lesson when she voted to acquit him in the Senate after he was impeached for trying to bribe Ukraine.

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Rachael Sparks @sparkytheauthor.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

If this isn't straight up senility I don't know what is, but I really hope he makes this his new hobby

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Carolina Forward @carolinaforward.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Jess Rivera over in Wilson County is running one of the most audacious campaigns this year in the North Carolina state legislature, and more folks should listen to what she's saying. Jess Rivera's got a fight on her hands - but she's used to that. We've got her back.

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Waldo Jaquith @waldo.net · 02/10/2026

I love everything about this.

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Mike Boylan-Kolchin @mbkplus.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

the evergreenest of posts:

Rod Hilton @rodhilton@mastodon.social

He talked about electric cars. I don't know anything about cars, so when people said he was a genius I figured he must be a genius. Then he talked about rockets. I don't know anything about rockets, so when people said he was a genius I figured he must be a genius. Now he talks about software. I happen to know a lot about software & Elon Musk is saying the stupidest shit I've ever heard anyone say, so when people say he's a genius I figure I should stay the hell away from his cars and rockets. Dec 24, 2022, 11:32 PM • • • Web Last edited Dec 25, 07:44 AM 11K boosts • 0 quotes • 17K favorites

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Covie @covie93.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

hegseth: No beardos, weirdos or fatties. Also hegseth: These three will co-lead the military's Project Meridian.

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Andrew Facini @andrewfacini.com · 02/10/2026

But smaller escalations, motivated reasoning, desperation laundered through a flimsy rationale carried forward by a system designed for a much more serious leadership? It's worth pointing out which norms have already been tossed and that the conditions are already pretty bad

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Covie @covie93.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

hegseth out here talking about "no fatties" in the military when the commander-in-chief looks like this:

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Elizabeth Spiers @espiers.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

One thing that i don’t see people noting about the Cornell Sun’s reporting on the rape case is that everyone who decided to take the risk and made the core decisions about what would be published is a woman

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Julian Sanchez @normative.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

We normally try to keep this on the DL, but it’s true: We can fly.

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southpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Weird the AI didn’t catch that

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Covie @covie93.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

trump's "friend" kim jong-un tortured US citizen Otto Warmbier to the point where he suffered a neurological injury and died shortly after he returned to the U.S.

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Julian Sanchez @normative.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

It’s somehow more depressing that our constitutional order is being dismantled by people who demonstrably cannot find their own asses with both hands.

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Waldo Jaquith @waldo.net · 29/09/2026

www.nytimes.com/2026/09/28/u...

Trump, telling reporters that the steel mill could create some 6,000 construction jobs and 1,750 permanent jobs, with salaries that could exceed $100,000 a year.

"We're going to mine it in America.
We're going to mill it in America, and we're going to make it in America," Ms. Miller-Meeks said.

Mesabi Metallic is owned by Essar Group, a Mumbai-based
conglomerate controlled by one of India's wealthiest families. The Iowa mill project follows another initiative led by Mesabi: a $2.5 billion iron-ore

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Wajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Adam Hoffman was convicted of raping his friend's young son. He should be in jail, but Paxton used his power to get him on a misdemeanor. That means he only served for 60 days, didn't have to register as a sex offender in Texas, and then left the state.

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 26/09/2026

peter thiel is another one of those guys who we are supposed to think is brilliant but every time he opens his mouth my first thought is “this guy sounds like an idiot”

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Rachael Sparks @sparkytheauthor.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

So MAHA is all about prevention via supplements and healthy living and not trusting doctors and you guys are ejecting that portion of the population who is most likely to be ... MAHA?

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Olga Nesterova @onestpress.onestnetwork.com · 27/09/2026

Evil, just pure evil

Commissioner for Human Rights & X.com
@CommissionerHR
I am alarmed by the rapidly deteriorating humanitarian crisis in Oleshky, a town in the temporarily occupied parts of the Kherson region of Ukraine.
Civilians, including children, are trapped without sufficient food, medicines, medical care, running water or electricity. Reports indicate that they face a high risk of death.
Under international humanitarian law, Russia, as the occupying power, has the duty to provide food and medical supplies and to facilitate humanitarian relief.
I call for an immediate local ceasefire, unhindered humanitarian access, and the safe evacuation of civilians.
The hardship and suffering of people caught along the frontlines of the war and in occupied territories demand international attention and action. #humanrights #Ukraine #Oleshky #Kherson
#HumanitarianLaw

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Julian Sanchez @normative.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

This should be an oil painting hanging in the decrepit old house on the hill where children still occasionally vanish.

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

some pilots are part of the furry community

An illustration of the Ralph Lauren Polo bear dressed up as a pilot and standing in front of a red airplane. The text says "Polo Aviator by Ralph Lauren."

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Jacob T. Levy @jacobtlevy.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

So in the last week in MAGA, we got a newfound acceptance for people who have sex with actual animals, and a weird new moral panic about people who dress up as animals to have sex with each other. newrepublic.com/post/215838/...

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MAGA Senator Goes on Crazed Posting Spree About Furries

You read that right.

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Courtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 24/09/2026

Conclusion: more dogs less AI

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Adam Rogers @jetjocko.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

A lot of things make me feel kind of dumb, including how to take at face value the logic of “we are a multibillion dollar transnational industry building a vengeful elder god, and we definitely won’t stop unless you regulate us the way we want, which is a secret.”

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Wajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

A real image. Amazing. A gift from the Meme heavens.

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Philip Bump @pbump.com · 23/09/2026

I wrote about how Trump is treating presidential power like it's his own possession and using it to punish blue states — but also about how at least he's promised lots of cash for all of us. www.ctinsider.com/columnist/ar...

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Steven Beschloss @stevenbeschloss.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

The tragedy has been so knowable. This from seven years ago — and we’re still paying for so many Americans letting it happen.

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Carolina Forward @carolinaforward.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

How do so many of North Carolina's politicians get away with rampant official corruption? Simple: first, they changed the rules. Then, they picked their own investigators.

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JonZoidberg @jonzoidberg.xyz · 20/09/2026

AI committed war crimes while Trump and Hegseth had their dicks in their hands. This is impeachable and reason enough to rein in AI. gizmodo.com/pentagon-inv...

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Pentagon Investigators Say Overreliance on Palantir AI Tech Contributed to U.S. Strike That Killed 123 Iranian Children

An unreleased Pentagon probe investigated the kill chain that hit a school in Minab.

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 18/09/2026

I also think that he is simply fascinated with death and intoxicated by the idea that he can inflict death.

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scha·den·freu·de @blisterpearl.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

The new AI captchas are really something ᵛⁱᵃ ˣᴷᶜᴰ

This image is XKCD #2228: "Machine Learning Captcha" by Randall Munroe, which satirizes how verification tests might exploit human fear and judgment during a hypothetical robot takeover.

text:
TO PROVE YOU'RE A HUMAN, CLICK ON ALL THE PHOTOS THAT SHOW PLACES YOU WOULD RUN FOR SHELTER DURING A ROBOT UPRISING.

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Waldo Jaquith @waldo.net · 18/09/2026

A perfect encapsulation of Republican ideology.

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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

meet the president

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Chris Meder @evcurvefuturist.com · 17/09/2026

Solar passed nuclear in Texas 2 years ago. Now it's double. Texas is what makes this chart powerful. This isn't green ideology winning. It's pure economics. Solar is cheap, modular, scalable & incredibly fast to deploy. Wind keeps growing too. When economics take over, ideology becomes irrelevant.

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Asha Rangappa @asharangappa.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

So a big part of Iran Contra and one of the (many) reasons it was illegal was that third party fund weren’t deposited into the U.S. Treasury

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Asha Rangappa @asharangappa.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

This sounds likely. I wouldn't be surprised if there is a push to get KP's frat bros into the Bureau (which would mean they were "victims" of hazing)

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

A friend of mine works in AI and thinks bad things are about to happen. He sold his home and moved his family out the country. He said that if you own a home in a walkable San Francisco neighborhood near a taqueria with good veggie options, you should sell your home for super cheap right now.

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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 10/09/2026

"EPA paid staffers roughly $200 million to not work last year as part of its effort to ultimately slash the agency’s workforce by thousands of employees." Cool cool cool.

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POLITICO Pro: EPA spent $200 million for staff not to work

President Donald Trump's efforts to reduce and reshape the federal workforce took a toll at the agency, newly obtained records show.

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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 09/09/2026

I am old enough to remember a time when repeatedly lying about your experience on 9/11 to glorify yourself would be viewed as morally contemptible and a disqualification from public service.

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Donald Trump Lies a Lot About 9/11

Like... a lot, a lot.

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Berin Szóka @berinszoka.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Photo of the decade: AfD leader Alice Weidel

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