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Sarah McAnulty, Ph.D. @sarahmackattack.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
A list of people who honked in support of the Academy of Natural Sciences at yesterday's protest: A schoolbus A car full of kids A cop A mailman Cars full of people in business attire Cars full of people in work outfits Cars full of people in street clothes The PPA Philly supports the Academy.
a woman in glasses holds up a sign that says Honk for the Academy
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Albert Pinto @70sbachchan.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
RT @aaronregunberg.bsky.social I wrote about data centers for @guardian. Billionaires have created a perfect opening to transform our politics against both Trump and the oligarchy that produced him in the first place. It’s a singular opportunity. But Dems could easily fuck it up.
theguardian.com
The datacenter backlash is bringing the entire political spectrum together – against big tech billionaires
The movement against datacenters is uniting Americans because they perfectly illustrate how a few individuals hold all the power to control decisions that affect our lives
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Adrian Daub @adriandaub.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
What Tech Calls Governing, exhibit no. 267533 www.404media.co/how-cities-a...
404media.co
How Cities Are Forced to Funnel License Plate Data to a Massive Federal Surveillance Program
How the federal government built a massive database of license plate reader data through an anti-drug trafficking program.
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Menestune @menestune.bsky.social · 22h
During some recent retribution by Mother Nature, there was an enormous storm surge that reshaped a lot of the beaches on Maui. At this spot, it pushed in tons or coral, creating a wall of coral about six feet high. Also, it's lousy with shells. #nature #weather #beach #photography #nokings
Small coral beach recently created by storm surge. White coral stacked by the incoming waves about six feet high. Beautiful colors and shells in the coral.
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Moritz Hürtgen @moritzhuertgen.de · 21h
Das Deutschlandticket morpht langsam zur BahnCard100
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Eryk Salvaggio @eryk.bsky.social · 20h
I don’t think this is a good idea
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Daryll Marie @daryllmarie.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Research Cruise AR103 Thread: Views & Critters Yesterday’s Wilson’s storm-petrel extravaganza off the back deck! 🪶🌿🦑
A wilson’s storm petrel flying over the ocean’s surfaceA wilson’s storm petrel flying over the ocean’s surfaceA wilson’s storm petrel flying over the ocean’s surfaceA wilson’s storm petrel flying over the ocean’s surface
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Daryll Marie @daryllmarie.bsky.social · 20h
Back again right beside our vessel. Rainbows. Babies breaching. Pelagic seabirds flying amongst them. Today has been so special! 🦑🐳🌿
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Andy Craig @andycraig.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
One, this hilariously outs who all got the talking points in advance and how blatantly they parrot those. Two, Schmitt really thought today he'd launch himself to the VP nomination and with that a decent shot at the presidency down the line. Instead this is the only thing he'll be remembered for.
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 30/09/2026
Black text on a white page that reads as follows: 

Too often, homeless New Yorkers cycle from our hospitals to our streets — making it harder to continue treatment and find long-term stability. 

The City's Bridge to Home program in Manhattan ends the cycle by providing a safe place for New Yorkers to live while they receive medical care, apply to jobs, and find an apartment. The program has been a massive success.

Today, we’re expanding Bridge to Home to Brooklyn and Queens, so more New Yorkers get the help they need.
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Colin M. Henry @henryhenryhenry.com · 30/09/2026
this is specifically what Twitter was re-engineered to do, btw. it exists almost solely to threaten anyone at the flashpoint of a nascent social movement.
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Kat Tenbarge @kattenbarge.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
A truly heinous man has doxxed the Cornell victim on X and the comments are predictably vile. Based on countless interviews I’ve done with survivors, the trauma they are subjected to for coming forward is oftentimes even worse than the initial trauma they experienced. There is no real justice system
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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
The White House accord on AI that was signed by all the big tech oligarchs today misspells United States as “Unites States.”
Document signed by Trump, Sundar Pichai
Google
Dario Amodei
Anthropic
Mark Zuckerberg
Meta

Greg Brockman
OpenAl

Elon Musk
XAI

Jensen Huang
nvidia “Unites States”
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GOLIKEHELLMACHINE @golikehellmachine.com · 30/09/2026
this laundry basket was empty for less than 30 seconds
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Simon Strick @unddieregel.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
*Sneak Peak* Das buch ist so kontrovers, dass der Postbote hineinbeissen musste.
Das buch faschisierung, ein rosa suhrkamp bändchen mit einem dicken knick/riss an der seite
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Jonas Mueller-Töwe @jmuellertoewe.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Warum ließ Wolfram Weimer drei für den Buchhandlungspreis nominierte Buchhandlungen vom Verfassungsschutz überprüfen? Er begründete das mit der Expertise seiner Beamten. @t-online.de vorliegende Dokumente zeigen jetzt: Seine Fachabteilung empfahl, alle Buchhandlungen auszuzeichnen.
t-online.de
Buchhandlungspreis: Wegen dieser Sätze schaltete Weimer den Verfassungsschutz ein
Dokumente zeigen, dass vage Anhaltspunkte Kulturstaatsminister Weimer genügten, um im Falle des Buchhandlungspreises den Verfassungsschutz einzuschalten.
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Für sachliche Politik @sachlichepolitik.eurosky.social · 30/09/2026
Danke für die klaren Worte, @ronensteinke.bsky.social . Angesprochen auf die FAZ-Schlagzeile "Elif Eralp war Mitglied in linksextremer Roter Hilfe": "Das ist echt die Kategorie Hexenjagd. [...] Jeder hat das Recht auf Strafverteidigung. Das ist auch keine Bekämpfung des Systems,
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Claas Gefroi @claasgefroi.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Zum dritten Mal binnen weniger Jahre wird der Preis fürs Deutschlandticket erhöht, auch diesmal wieder weit oberhalb der allgemeinen Inflationsrate (4 Euro = 6,4%). Zeitgleich haut die Bundesregierung Milliarden für den Tankrabatt raus. Das ist keine Verkehrspolitik, das ist fossile Lobbypolitik.
tagesschau.de
Deutschlandticket wird wohl wieder teurer
Heute soll über den künftigen Preis für das Deutschlandticket entschieden werden. Einem Medienbericht zufolge könnte es 2027 fast vier Euro mehr kosten. Von Verbänden kommt bereits Kritik.
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sirosenbaum.bsky.social @sirosenbaum.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
thinking about Shakespeare's sonnets about immortality and realizing how weird it is that the AI cult believes in the idea of preserving human consciousnesses while actively destroying the only technology we currently have to do that: Art
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Right Livelihood @rightlivelihood.org · 30/09/2026
The 2026 Right Livelihood Award goes to women and women-led organisations challenging entrenched power structures: 🏆 Jalila Haider @jalilahaider.bsky.social 🏆 Rural Women's Assembly 🏆 Georgian Young Lawyers’ Association 🏆 Timnit Gebru @timnitgebru.blacksky.app rightlivelihood.org/2026-announc...
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Roland Meyer @bildoperationen.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Das ist heute - und endlich darf ich's verraten: Timnit Gebru @timnitgebru.blacksky.app erhält einen der diesjährigen «Alternativen Nobelpreise»!
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leonceundlena @leonceundlena.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Elif Eralp ist übrigens ein Anagramm von Aprilelfe.
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ArtButMakeItSports @artbutmakeitsports.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Circus Performers, by Walt Kuhn, 1978, 📸 via @marisakabas.bsky.social
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
The moment Jack Smith realized Eric Schmitt was talking about the wrong game.
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StAin die Möwe @staintraining.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Wenn jetzt noch rauskommt, dass Elif Eralp auch n Strandkorb hat...
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Annika Brockschmidt @ardenthistorian.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Ich durfte für DLF Kultur Gil Duráns neues Buch "The Nerd Reich" rezensieren. Es geht um Techno-Faschismus, die sich radikalisierende Gedankenwelt der überreichen Silicon Valley Elite, die bizarren Bücher, die sie beeinflussen & menschenfeindliche Möchtegern-Philosophen wie Yarvin. (Korrekter Link)
deutschlandfunkkultur.de
Neuer Faschismus der Tech Bros? - Über das Buch "Nerd Reich" von Gil Duran
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Theodore Grunewald @tedgrunewald.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
JCO for the win.
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Dave Weigel @daveweigel.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Aaron is not underrating this. It's cinema. The sly smirk when Schmitt thinks he's gotten Smith to perjure himself. The hasty vanishing of the sign. Klobuchar getting Kennedy to hold it up. Schmitt getting LOUD and ANGRY when Klobuchar points out he mixed up the Hawks and Hawkeyes.
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Moritz Hürtgen @moritzhuertgen.de · 29/09/2026
Dank den Faschos und dem Bumsverein Wagenknecht ja bald Home Schooling in SA. Für die aktuelle TITANIC habe ich ein Gedicht dazu generiert (in meinem Kopf)
Das politische Gedicht
Home Schooling in Sachsen-Anhalt
Vati lehrt uns, wie man Fische fängt, Mutti unterrichtet Braten, Opa zeigt, wie es zusammenhängt mit den Juden und den Staaten.
Vati macht mit uns die Schädelform, Mutti lehrt uns Teppichklopfen, Onkel Ronny lehrt uns, rechtskonform Zeckenpack das Maul zu stopfen.
Vati zeigt uns, wie man Kinder macht, Mutti lehrt uns Wäsche falten, Opa rechnet mit uns 8 + 8, um die Volkszahl zu erhalten.
Moritz Hürtgen, Volksdichter
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Patrick Bahners @pbahners.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Awet Tesfaiesus: „Mich erinnert das ein bisschen an die Kongokonferenz. Zu sagen, wir wissen es besser, wir machen das ohne euch, das ist an Arroganz nicht zu überbieten.“ www.sueddeutsche.de/kultur/kolon...
sueddeutsche.de
Wolfram Weimers Alleingang bei Erinnerungskultur: „An Arroganz nicht zu überbieten“
Kulturstaatsminister Wolfram Weimer verfügt im Alleingang, dass der „Erinnerungsort“ zum Kolonialismus nach Bremen kommen soll. Politiker, Historiker und Aktivisten fühlen sich aus der Debatte ausgesc...
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Johannes Franzen @johannesfranzen.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
"America has lost more than 200k jobs in “creative” industries over the last four years, with roughly 50k lost within the last year alone. That makes for one of the worst stretches for media employment in modern US history." www.apricitas.io/p/ai-and-the...
apricitas.io
AI and the Fall? of the Creative Class
America is Losing Hundreds of Thousands of Jobs in Media, Film & the Arts. How Much is AI to Blame?
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Johannes Franzen @johannesfranzen.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Wie gut ist dieser Review des Films "Primetime" geschrieben. www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
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netzpolitik.org @netzpolitik.org · 28/09/2026
Anne Roth hat bei NoBlogs.org gebloggt. Jetzt hat die unkommerzielle Plattform dicht gemacht, weil die USA das dahinter stehende Tech-Kollektiv als Terrorismus eingestuft haben. Die USA greifen damit direkt die Meinungs- und Internetfreiheit in anderen Ländern an. netzpolitik.org/2026/autisti...
netzpolitik.org
Es ist immer noch viel zu still
Anne Roth hat vor 19 Jahren ein Blog bei NoBlogs.org gestartet. Jetzt hat die unkommerzielle Plattform dicht gemacht, weil die USA das dahinter stehende Tech-Kollektiv als Terrorismus eingestuft haben...
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Katie Martin @katie0martin.ft.com · 28/09/2026
really nice FT Big Read today on the biggest shake-up in financial markets that not enough people know about: www.ft.com/content/00f9...
ft.com
AI hyperscalers are transforming debt
The sector’s huge capital needs are forcing companies and countries to rethink how they borrow money
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Christina Dongowski @tinido.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Der Podcast ist mittlerweile in Staffel 3. Nach Stuttgart und Mannheim geht's aktuell um die Bodensee-Region als unauffälligen Rückzug- und Operationsraum für internationale organisierte Kriminalität.
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Quinn Slobodian @quinnslobodian.com · 27/09/2026
digital version: www.derstandard.at/consent/tcf/...
derstandard.at
Dreht sich der Wind gegen die "Tech Bros"?
In der Öffentlichkeit ist die Meinung am Kippen. Ist das der Beginn einer längst überfälligen Abrechnung mit dem Silicon Valley? Oder ein letztes kraftloses Quieken?
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Albert Pinto @70sbachchan.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
@washingtonpost reported earlier that hospitals insurance costs next year are projected to spike by the most in 2 decades, partly "due to medical providers’ increased use of artificial intelligence to find more claims they can bill for" www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
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Albert Pinto @70sbachchan.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
"The Blue Cross/Blue Shield Association says that AI is already driving *up* healthcare costs, as hospitals use the technology to find instances where they can bill more for the same level of care." - Joe Weisenthal www.bcbs.com/about-us/ass... x.com/TheStalwart/...
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Chica Marx @mckenziewark.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Seems like a moment to re-up this one: Being bad at business is not a critique of capitalism.
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Kate Starbird @katestarbird.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Last week, we saw two cases where real election issues in UT and TX catalyzed legitimate criticism along with false rumors and misleading political narratives. Our team wrote up a "rumor rundown" for each case. uwcip.substack.com/p/recent-uta...
uwcip.substack.com
Recent Utah, Texas incidents fuel rumors and political narratives undermining trust in election integrity
A CIP Election Rumor Rundown
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Michael Lobel @mlobelart.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
I've talked to a few journal editors who are concerned about similar problems re: anonymous reviewers. If a peer reviewer wants a little help & feeds your unpublished submission into an AI system, they've just shared your proprietary work & broken confidentiality. A nightmare to think about
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starlingm.bsky.social @starlingm.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
"Dieser vorgelebte Widerspruch, zugleich Erschaffer einer ungeheuren Gefahr wie auch deren warnende Kassandra zu sein, erzeugt eine Art von totaler, weil das gesamte Denkspektrum von vornherein abdeckender Aura, die [..]nur noch von gewissen religiösen Figuren oder Sektenanführern geteilt wird."
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Tobias Orfgen @tobias-o.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Clemens J. Setz über "KI" als 'Religion' und Marketing. (🎁-Link) "Das Produkt KI wird [...], in Erweiterung der Mortonschen Terminologie, nach dem mittelalterlichen Ablasshandel das erste moderne hyperproduct der Geschichte werden." "[E]in unwiderstehliches Produkt, in das sogar zweidimensional
zeit.de
KI-Whistleblower: I want to KI__ you
Ist klar, haben wir schon gehört: Künstliche Intelligenz kann die Menschheit erlösen oder auslöschen. Aber eines dämmert uns jetzt erst.
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Alexander Chee @alexanderchee.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
This is so charming. And true.
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Rachel Deering @racheldeering.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Book Cover of the Day:
WHAT THE MOON SAW.
AND
OTHER TALES
BY
HANS C ANDERSEN
Brown cover, gold lettering, title in blue rectangular plaque, with a large, stylized 'M' in a circular emblem. 
BY HANS C ANDERSEN and is written vertically on a red brick chimney from which has smoke? rising from it. A black cat is perched on the roof tiles next to the chimney. The entire design is surrounded by intricate illustrations of dark foliage, plants, and small stars. Plus a bat.
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Kate Mackenzie @katemac.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Crowding out
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Soraya Nadia McDonald @soraya.press · 27/09/2026
I'll be back to gab tomorrow, but I had to get the first Caturday Evening Post up, and that was after spending ... quite a bit of time today with Canva.  Cio Cio, as you can see, was very ready for her closeup.
soraya.press
Caturday Evening Post Vol. 1
Lincoln Center's got free opera and hot docs the tech broligarchs would prefer you didn't see
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Brooke @brooklynmarie.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Lmao
A lovely little fluffy tortoiseshell cat sitting demurely, directly on the open pages of the book I had been reading (John Woman, by Walter Mosley)
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Rachel Deering @racheldeering.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
‘Now look, your grace,’ said Sancho, ‘what you see over there aren't giants, but windmills, and what seems to be arms are just their sails, that go around in the wind and turn the millstone.’ ‘Obviously,’ replied Don Quijote, ‘you don't know much about adventures.’ ~ Cervantes. #BookWormSat
José Moreno Carbonero (1860-1942), Don Quixote and the Windmills (c 1900), painting.
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🌬Breeze @cool-summer-breeze.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
This is the Stolen Neighbors Quilt. Each of the 11,000 squares represents a person taken by ICE in Minnesota.
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