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Scott Gordon @scottgordonwi.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

The Wisconsin State Journal editorial has been tripping over itself to argue for the virtues of police body cameras. One recent claim was so misleading and unsupported that I up and wrote a letter to the editor archive.ph/QuBk7

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Vought is breaking the law but he is not “going rogue.” At his confirmation hearings, Vought told Republicans he would do this and they voted for him anyway. If they want to stop him, they still can via impeachment. They won’t.

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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 26/09/2026

Breaking News: OpenAI’s technology went rogue and meddled with three U.S. government websites this summer without the A.I. lab’s knowledge. nyti.ms/4y5MY7n

Open AI headquarters in San Francisco is pictured. Headline reads: "OpenAI’s A.I. Went Rogue and Meddled With U.S. Government Websites." Photo credit: Manuel Orbegozo for The New York Times.

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steven_mps @stevenmps.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

I’ve seen enough Fire Matt LaFleur Maybe into the sun

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Jason Kint @kint.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Straight from OpenAI's Brockman and Microsoft's Nadella - 'doom loop' for the entire web [as they vacuum up and substitute the work of journalism and threaten their economic foundations]. /2

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Sheera Frenkel @sheeraf.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

“Largest theft of labor in human history.” What a quote.

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U.S. Press Freedom Tracker @pressfreedomtracker.us · 17/09/2026

A federal judge in Nashville, Tennessee, last week dismissed Spanish-language journalist Estefany Rodríguez’s petition over her two-week March detention by ICE. She had asked the court for protection against future retaliation for her reporting.

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Spanish-language journalist arrested by ICE in Tennessee

Spanish-language reporter Estefany Rodríguez was taken into custody by Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers in Nashville, Tennessee, on March 4, …

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Jacob Oller @jacoboller.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

people think it's SO easy to be a film critic but so few seem to know that it's an extremely complicated process that often involves watching at least one movie

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steven_mps @stevenmps.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

recently saw someone say that they don’t like PTA scores bc the way they communicate tension is via short-grouped repetition, & the melodies aren’t complex or “likable” enough going to be thinking about that one for a while an unhinged new flavor of the worst what-a-protagonist-needs-to-be takes

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steven_mps @stevenmps.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Way too many people are overlooking Caleb Williams ranking 31st in completion % vs a bottom-4 schedule last year. Guy still hasn’t demonstrated he can consistently + comfortably operate from the pocket. He’s not the QB he’s being made out to be. He may still grow into it, but he ain’t there yet.

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steven_mps @stevenmps.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

looking back on 2026 so far now that we're about 2/3s thru, & recording a track w/ janet weiss producing is gonna be a hard moment for the remaining months to top. couldn't resist grabbing a quick portrait on the way out. legend.

Indie rock titan Janet Weiss holds up a peace sign and smiles in a beanie and puffy winter coat in Milwaukee, WI.

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steven_mps @stevenmps.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

"the department of shirking accountability by any means necessary has investigated claims related to epstein and found the only truly guilty party is epstein himself. please move along and pay no additional mind or thought to this announcement. please do not attempt to circle back later."

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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 20/08/2026

I've never seen such an effort to censor a document as I have the Amnesty International report on gender critical groups because of JK Rowling. They removed the report from the Wayback Machine and now I got a DMCA strike on my Google Drive for having it. It was deleted and removed from my account.

A screenshot of an email viewed in dark mode with the subject line "Google DMCA Violation." The email from Google informs the recipient that they have received a notification under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) that some of their materials allegedly infringe on copyrights. It explains the removal process, mentions that notice details will be posted on Lumen, warns against repeated violations, and lists one affected Google Drive URL at the bottom

A nearly identical mobile browser screenshot of the Internet Archive's Wayback Machine. It shows a search for the same Amnesty International UK resources URL, resulting in the same message: "This URL has been excluded from the Wayback Machine."

A mobile browser screenshot of the Internet Archive's Wayback Machine. A URL for an Amnesty International UK resources page is entered in the search bar, but the page displays the message: "This URL has been excluded from the Wayback Machine."

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em cassel @biketrouble.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

our intern, clare, wrapped up her summer with racket with this compassionate, thoughtful, and heartbreaking on-the-ground story about the closure of pig's eye and the people it impacts. i look forward to emphatically recommending her for every job when she graduates in a few years!

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The Final Days Inside St. Paul’s Pig’s Eye Encampment - Racket

Racket interviewed over a dozen displaced residents, volunteers, and advocates to better understand the real-life impact of cities sweeping away those experiencing homelessness.

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steven_mps @stevenmps.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

still finding new small gems in lost weekend but one of my favs that no one seems to have brought up is how the vocal melody of lost weekend is a soft mirror of isbell's "outfit," back in dbt's heyday two songs where looking back contextualizes how to move forward & i don't think it's coincidental

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steven_mps @stevenmps.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

pleasantly surprised at how much dna the new phoebe bridgers shares with some of menomena’s best work absolutely littered with these small, beautiful musical figures/passages that appear once & never get repeated, but they never seem to stop getting introduced mesmeric in a really distinct way

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steven_mps @stevenmps.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

impressive material here, start to finish. always love a drummer that plays like this, too. future's in capable hands. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xtx_...

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Westside Cowboy - 2026-07-05 Festivalpark, Werchter, Belgium

YouTube video by Chewed Tapes

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jill mapes @jillmapes.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

worker-owned journalism is the only way fwd

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steven_mps @stevenmps.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

the difference between me casting a vote for hong and crowley is that one i'd be excited to cast while the other i'd have to bite my tongue we can do better than tongue-biting

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steven_mps @stevenmps.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

+ we can all agree that polls are a dead prediction metric at this point, yes? stop using 'em.

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steven_mps @stevenmps.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

at least mn held it together. mpls looking more attractive by the second. (& s/o cloudland; maybe the most fun i've had playing a venue over the past few years. would play many more.)

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steven_mps @stevenmps.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

+ roys' refusal to drop out has legitimately eaten into my respect for her whole deal

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steven_mps @stevenmps.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

+ i've seen this movie before. wi kicks a progressive candidate to the curb after they recoil at—and subsequently mitigate—any of their goodwill/momentum to prop up a candidate closer to the middle & then that candidate loses, bc wi writ large continues to signal it's sick of status quo in generals

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steven_mps @stevenmps.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

crowley's corpse was dragged back into this race by establishment dems who were (and remain) deathly afraid of progress they continue to fail the state motto we gotta get back to moving forward at some point

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steven_mps @stevenmps.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

oh, the lady who spent a chunk of time last week attempting to use forcible instigation tactics at corey ruiz’s memorial site (in a v transparent effort to inflate her brand) is now actively self-identifying as a fascist? s h o c k i n g

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steven_mps @stevenmps.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

the only choice for governor that would live up to the state motto on any meaningful scale is hong lateral moves don’t constitute forward progress

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steven_mps @stevenmps.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

this is an offer for @vicmmic.bsky.social & @vicmmic.bsky.social only: will make the short drive and document any time spent at the WI dells for free - photo + video there's an unlikely ambassadorship brewing here, & it should be solidified further no one pushing the area harder in recent years

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steven_mps @stevenmps.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

& there’s the projection for el-sayed took longer than it should’ve, but good on MI for holding it together

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Susan Rinkunas @susanrinkunas.com · 04/08/2026

Todd Blanche made more promises during a private call that a faith group inexplicably uploaded to YouTube. Expect to see this story cited in lawsuits against the FDA when it ends telemedicine of mifepristone for no reason other than pills by mail make anti-abortion groups very mad

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steven_mps @stevenmps.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

dropout getting the collected works of don hertzeldt is the most i've been pandered to since the film adaptation of scott pilgrim vs the world and i could not be more thrilled

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steven_mps @stevenmps.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

If Rapids is behaving like this, then, yes, Hong can win a statewide election. (As anyone who can actually extrapolate data should have already cobbled together, despite the depressingly pervasive moderate/anti-progressive insistence otherwise.)

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steven_mps @stevenmps.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

finally catching up on the new strokes lp that's earning raves from a number of vet rock crits & it's... middling? at best? like, a destined-to-be-memory-holed-in-under-two-years type of consistent middling. an ambitious misfire that mistakes style for passion. interesting, but far from stellar.

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steven_mps @stevenmps.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

as much as crowley's re-entry scattered runner-up support, think the view on barnes was that he could claim to be the "reasonable progressive" or whatever, but the latter part of that is key: think his scandal-expectant withdrawal probably siphons as much support out to hong as it does to crowley.

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steven_mps @stevenmps.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

crowley re-entering the race w/ an evers endorsement being something that substantially eats into the polling support for barnes while hong surges is both hilariously predictable + even firmer evidence that WI's establishment dem wing is fundamentally not equipped to meet, or even read, the moment

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dell cameron @dell.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

NEW: A federal judge threw out ICE's claim that state inspection law didn’t apply inside its detention centers. But since it took so long to adjudicate, ICE has now written the same language into contracts for four more facilities. It doesn’t need to hold up. It just needs to take years to resolve.

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ICE’s New Detention Center Contracts Declare State Laws ‘Shall Not Apply’

One day after a federal judge ordered an ICE detention center opened to state health inspectors, the agency posted new contract terms that would void state oversight at four facilities.

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steven_mps @stevenmps.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

In 2013, I was in Dublin, intentionally seeking out + visiting locations of key scenes from Once, a few days after catching the stage adaptation on the West End; a core memory experience. Glen Hansard’s music and film work had a real impact on the way I approached my own, & his loss is felt. RIP.

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Noah Shachtman @noahshachtman.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

NEW: DHS' top number-cruncher just left the department -- and blasted the administration's "war on immigrants" on the way out. He's one of the very few DHS officials to step down and speak out publicly against this White House. Me in @wired.com ... www.wired.com/story/dhs-of...

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DHS Official Resigns, Citing ‘War on Immigrants’

The outgoing executive director of the Office of Homeland Security Statistics is one of very few federal officials to speak out against the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown.

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More Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

Billionaires have already poured $433 million into the 2026 midterm elections—and 80% of it is going to Republicans.

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Freedom of the Press Foundation @freedom.press · 27/07/2026

If the the Department of Government Efficiency is “stonewalling the inspector general’s office, it’s an extremely safe bet that they’re absolutely ignoring FOIA officers who are asking for information,” FPF's @laurenleharper.bsky.social told @the74.bsky.social's @lrj417.bsky.social.

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Trump’s Education Department Leaves Mountain of Public Records Requests Unaddressed

A review by The 74 of FOIA logs shows the department has fulfilled 3% of them — some only in part.

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steven_mps @stevenmps.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

bucks offloading kpj + kuzma would bring me such intense joy & i hope it happens before the deadline it will be much easier to bring myself to root for herro than either of those two, though i’d also lean twds wanting herro gone sooner than later as well character + consistency matter

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steven_mps @stevenmps.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

anyone else seeing posts from former LEOs arguing extrajudicial police killings are a more effective means of "keeping the streets safe" than relying on the justice system? because i've seen a few this week, and they're only going to keep coming. this can't be reformed. abolish.

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Freedom of the Press Foundation @freedom.press · 23/07/2026

MSG’s new lawsuit against @wired.com isn’t just about defamation. It’s an attack on the newsgathering process itself. If journalists can be sued for talking to sources with NDAs, powerful institutions have another way to keep their secrets.

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MSG revives legal theory that once haunted ‘60 Minutes’

Journalists don’t lose First Amendment protections just because a source signed an NDA

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Matt Negrin still host of Hardball on MSNBC @mattnegrin.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

Not a single network aired this on their nightly news broadcasts yesterday. They described Trump overseeing a "somber ceremony" and called it a "moving moment." The only way to know what trump actually said about the soldiers he killed is to follow aaron rupar which no offense to aaron is insane

cbs: trump oversees dignified transfer of US soldiers

fox: saluting the fallen; president trump attends dignified transfer ceremony

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steven_mps @stevenmps.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

in better news: stef chura and krill each returned with new singles today, and both are excellent

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steven_mps @stevenmps.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

the phrase "officer-involved shooting" needs to die the type of death that happens in an "officer-involved shooting" and publications need to be a lot more mindful over what and how they regurgitate intentional and highly-calibrated sloganeering

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