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Friendly Academic Librarian. UUP member. Family man. Prog rock/Afro-beat/Knitting Factory. Bass/Percussion. Socialism. Angling. RPGs. Dobbs Ferry-CT-Iowa City-Minneapolis-Philly—Upstate NY(his) bsky.app/profile/stopthatadam.bsky.…

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Living in a neoliberal dystopian hellscape @breakify.bsky.social · 9h
If you're upset about David Ellison's Skydance monopoly, you should be furious at Bill Clinton and Joe Biden. The Telecommunications Act of 1996 is what made this possible. Clinton signed it and Biden voted for it in the Senate.
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How Deregulation Created a Corporate Media Nightmare
In this excerpt from ‘The New Power Elite,’ sociologist Heather Gautney explains how the consolidation of media into a few powerful corporations is a key part of the neoliberal project to co-opt this ...
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Matthew Downhour @matthewdownhour.bsky.social · 7h
It’s pretty clear at this point that algorithmic social media makes my life worse. It’s addictive and distracting and has actually done a lot of harm societally as a whole. Beyond that, the biggest Silicon Valley projects were NFTs, Crypto, & the Metaverse. Huge resource sucks providing nothing
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The American Prospect @prospect.org · 3h
Organized labor won a major victory in a settlement ordering the Trump administration to announce it has abandoned its attempt to illegally fire millions of federal workers during last year’s government shutdown. prospect.org?p=145947
People attend a protest in support of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
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Bill Hauk @billhauk.bsky.social · 3h
I was under the impression that the primary purpose of universities was to train the youth for the clergy or maybe one of those newfangled mendicant orders. Or is that something that we no longer do because of Woke?
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Asheesh Kapur Siddique @asheeshks.org · 10h
The weird need of the institution to be desired - the term of art in these parts is “employer of choice“ - despite doing very little to show that it actually wants you to be there.
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Gillian Brockell @gillianbrockell.com · 10h
ICE removal flight to African continent outbound
An FR24 map showing N120LW going from AEX to SJU to Dakar
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mtsw @mtsw.bsky.social · 10h
imagine if the mainstream media covered Republicans' number one donor — the biggest political donor in US history! — and his controversial views with as much scrutiny as they covered Hasan Piker's
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@NewsJennifer (Jennifer Schulze) @newsjennifer.bsky.social · 10h
“Not a Skydance Corporation” is a banger tagline for @status.news to use on its must read media newsletter. 10/10 No Notes
Ellison's Day-One
Dance; '60's' Ratings Bump; Disney's FCC
'Guillotine'
October 06, 2026 | Read online
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NOT A SKYDANCE CORPORATION
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 11h
God everything is so DUMB.
United States
Attorney's Office
Southern District of New York

PRESS RELEASE
North Carolina Man Sentenced To 18 Months In Prison For Super Intelligence-Assisted
Music Streaming Fraud
Tuesday, October 6, 2026
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Tina-Desiree Berg @tinadesireeberg.com · 15h
The LAPD union is spending millions to defeat a half cent sales tax that would fund firefighters www.latimes.com/california/s...
The Los Angeles Police Department's officer union said Tuesday it will oppose Measure FD, the half-cent sales tax measure on the Nov. 3 ballot pushed by the city firefighters' union - setting up a bitter and expensive clash between two of the city's most powerful unions.
The Police Protective League said it plans to spend several million dollars on broadcast and digital advertising as well as mailers to oppose Measure FD, which if approved by voters would direct hundreds of millions of dollars annually to the Fire Department to build new stations, hire firefighters and upgrade
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Unionized Staffers at SEIU @opeiulocal2atseiu.bsky.social · 15h
BREAKING: Unionized staff at @seiu.org authorized a STRIKE after unanimously voting down management’s Last, best, & final offer! @seiupres.bsky.social’ offer doesn’t ensure real protection from AI & would give SEIU the ability to increase prescription costs by 400% without further negotiations.
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New Hampshire Bulletin @newhampshirebulletin.com · 15h
Seven years after repealing the death penalty, New Hampshire has one inmate on death row. On Tuesday, the state Supreme Court declined to intervene in his case. From @willskipworth.bsky.social #NHPolitics
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New Hampshire Supreme Court denies death row inmate’s latest appeal • New Hampshire Bulletin
Seven years after repealing the death penalty, New Hampshire has one inmate on death row. On Tuesday, the state Supreme Court declined to intervene in his case, citing statutory authority.
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Ahhhhh @nerdjpg.com · 18h
In reality religious liberty should mean that children can’t be forced into cults by their parents
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Ahhhhh @nerdjpg.com · 19h
Religious people can do whatever they want to their kids and at their business but the non religious can’t do whatever they want. Thats the construct of religious liberty to a religion supremacist society
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United Wizards of the Coast - CWA @uwotc-official.bsky.social · 20h
This morning, the D&D team and Magic's Studio X informed our leadership of our intent to unionize. We love the games we make and the work we do, and unionizing is how we protect that work. unitedwizardsofthecoast.com/news/dnd-stu...
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Dungeons & Dragons and Studio X Join United Wizards of the Coast - CWA
Today, October 6, 2026, the designers, artists, writers, producers, and workers behind Dungeons & Dragons, Magic: The Gathering, Duel Masters, D&D Beyond, and countless other games are uniting in soli...
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Steve Mullis @stevemullis.net · 05/10/2026
[car dealership waiting room] Me: [chanting] knobs, knobs- Other car buyers: knobs, KNOBS Car salesman: [pounding desk] KNOBS, KNOBS, KNOBS!
forbes.com
Knobs Returning To Some Automakers’ Vehicles, To The Relief Of Many
Auto companies are listening to the complaints of consumers, who want their knobs and buttons back.
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Just Call Me Frank @justcallmefrank.bsky.social · 15h
I know this will be unpopular because huffing hopium is pretty enjoyable (and needed) but please don't forget that almost all of the polls are within the margin of error. Don't set yourself up for massive disappointment. Please huff your hopium responsibly.
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Coach Finstock @coachfinstock.bsky.social · 17h
People forget that J6 was successful. Everyone who participated was let out of jail and the guy who perpetrated it is President again. There were no consequences. They have plenty of incentive to do a much bigger and worse version.
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Pennsylvania Capital-Star @penncapital-star.com · 16h
The eruption of cases in Pennsylvania is the largest that any single state has experienced since the early 1990s. From @stateline.org
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New York governor declares measles emergency as Pennsylvania records more than 1,000 cases • Pennsylvania Capital-Star
Facing a surge of measles cases in New York state’s rural counties, Democratic Gov. Kathy Hochul issued an executive order allowing paramedics, pharmacists, midwives and other non-physicians to admini...
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Jeff Tischauser @jtischauser.bsky.social · 18h
Anyway, this is a thread to suggest that doxing white racists still works. Expose them all. Make them feel shame. White nationalist rhetoric and preferred policies are very much mainstream again, but that doesn't mean white people can take the heat.
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SeaTea @tierno158.bsky.social · 17h
Our town just voted out Flock cameras. Now cops have to pay for their own dating apps.
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elle @girlinsynthesis.bsky.social · 18h
Need a free AI Bingo card for your work's next presentation? Get them here: www.workersdecide.tech/bingo/
workersdecide.tech
WorkersDecide.tech — Make Tech Work for Workers
Don't Steamroll AI Adoption — Let Workers Decide
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Coach Finstock @coachfinstock.bsky.social · 05/09/2025
We used to call this stupidity. There were smart people and stupid people and we let the smart people do the things they were good at and the stupid people were taken care of and didn't need to worry about what the smart people were doing. But now we let the stupid people think they're smart.
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onion person @junlper.beer · 19h
one of the deepest sicknesses in the world are the people who feel personally attacked over other people getting the same rights as them
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Bat-child Librarian @stopthatadam.bsky.social · 18h
All hail Beginner, Kitchener, Spoiler and the others
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Waschesalon Grammy Campaign Manager @reginageorgebush.bsky.social · 18h
you only have to read the Court's public corruption jurisprudence to realize that a bipartisan belief on SCOTUS is that it is almost ipso facto impossible for a public official to commit a crime related to the office they hold. which is insane when you spell it out, but also an accurate summation.
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Waschesalon Grammy Campaign Manager @reginageorgebush.bsky.social · 18h
"bribes are only illegal if you call them bribes and make it super explicit that you're doing bribery and even then eh have you considered letting it slide" (McDonnell v. US) was a unanimous holding joined by Ginsburg, Kagan, Sotomayor, and Breyer btw
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Rory Blank @roryblank.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Is your house overrun with singing, dancing skeletons?
A PSA style comic
Big text at the top says
Is your house overrun with singing, dancing skeletons?
Call 1-888-SKELETON today"

In the center, there's a concerned looking person holding a phone while skeletons that look sort of like the skeletons from the Silly Symphonies cartoon The Skeleton Dance dance in the background.
The person says to the phone
"is this 1-888-skeleton?"
"Yes, we have skeleton," comes the reply.
"I don't understand- do you get rid of the skeletons or bring more skeletons?"
"Yes," says the operator.
"What? D... D... Damnit," says the caller.

Big text at the bottom says "operators are standing by! Call now!"
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John Carl Baker @johncarlbaker.bsky.social · 19h
"In one constituency in the southern state of Karnataka, nearly 2,000 such forms were filed on a single day late last month...Nearly half of those were filed by five individuals, and the voters they were disputing were overwhelmingly Muslim." www.nytimes.com/2026/10/06/w...
nytimes.com
India Cut 130 Million From Voter Roll, Fueling Protests Against Modi
Public anger is growing over an exercise that critics say undermines the world’s largest democracy, particularly disenfranchising Muslims under the Hindu nationalist government.
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Matt Binder @mattbinder.bsky.social · 20h
can’t think of a better example of AI being mostly a solution to a problem that doesn’t exist also it can’t help when this is your user base
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@nic_carter
X.com
this is about me and i'm not sorry! i don't have time
to autistically read forums and random team news
or whatever.
i'm sure spending hours and hours running your
fantasy team is a good ROI if you're unemployed but
some of us have jobs
also my team is stacked so that's another point in
the Al columnAndrew Weiner • @DickeyNate • 18h
What's the point if playing fantasy football if
you're just going to automate it

nic carter
@nic_carter • 17h
there's no point to fantasy football, it's grown ass
men pretending to draft NFL players

OpenWindowManiac @Cit_rusK •17h
Then just don't do it?

nic carter *
@nic_carter
X.com
social obligation
8:41 PM • 10/5/26 • 880 Views
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Aftermath @aftermath.site · 20h
Dungeons & Dragons, Duel Masters, and Magic: The Gathering teams unionize at Hasbro aftermath.site/magic-the-gath...
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pete rogers, professional diaper changer @petemrogers.bsky.social · 23h
one of my favorite tweets of all time
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Philadelphia Inquirer @inquirer.com · 22h
Pennsylvania surpassed 1,000 measles cases Monday, crossing a grim milestone to rank among the largest U.S. measles outbreak in decades. 🔗 www.inquirer.com/health/penns...
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Charles Logan @charleswlogan.bsky.social · 22h
Listen to our students and act accordingly: "'Who is made safer when Binghamton renews contracts with companies like Flock?...And who is made safer when our most vulnerable students are taught to live in fear? This tech does not build community.'"
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Binghamton University YDSA holds town hall to discuss Flock Safety and ICE
Binghamton University’s Young Democratic Socialists of America hosted a town hall for students and community members to speak about their experiences with Immigration and Customs...
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nico @nicodelort.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
yesterday i had some ice cream, and you have to order on a ipad, navigating a shitty UI, than it gives you a ticket, you give the ticket to the person, eliminating the need to communicate with another human person, just to get one scoop of chocolate in a cup, it's a wonderful system /s
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nico @nicodelort.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
i dont want to download an app i don't want a qr code menu i dont want to talk to an ai assistant i dont want ai summaries for my searches i dont want to optimize my workflow i dont want to jump on a call i dont want to rate anything i don't want to create an account LEAVEME ADLONEe
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Aaron Blackshear @aaronblackshear.bsky.social · 23h
If Budweiser was trying to identify individual alcoholics and send them personalized "Chuck, you haven't had a drink in a while, here's a free case on us" ads we would rightfully call for them to be drawn and quartered
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G Elliott Morris @gelliottmorris.com · 06/10/2026
New post at Strength In Numbers today with a fresh take on whether the polls are overstating support for Democrats or Republicans. I use a measure of respondent engagement to proxy non-response and simulate potential bias. Error could be quite large www.gelliottmorris.com/p/2026-10-06...
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Salty MacTavish @saltymactavish.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
*pressing my ear to the asphalt* A Blockbuster once stood here…
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Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Ed Martin says that Tina Peters met with Trump in the Oval Office today to discuss election integrity and “the plans” for the upcoming midterms elections.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 06/10/2026
NEW: The Trump administration keeps denying and downplaying that immigration agents have been detaining Americans. It’s wrong. We’ve found more than 500 U.S. citizens have been held against their will, including handcuffed or held at gunpoint.
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More Than 500 U.S. Citizens Have Been Detained, Including Handcuffed or Held at Gunpoint, in Trump’s Immigration Crackdown — ProPublica
The government doesn’t track how often immigration officers detain U.S. citizens. So ProPublica did. We’ve found more than 500 Americans who were held against their will during this Trump administrati...
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sick public transit, gloria @seung.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
it's so median Californian voter to back Prop 40 AND Props 41 and 42, the Prop 40 poison pills calmatters.org/health/2026/...
calmatters.org
The billionaire tax could be defeated by two other tax measures. Here’s how
Propositions 41 and 42 are counter measures that would kill Prop. 40 even if it passes. Polls show voters support all three.
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Sharon 🪳🌹 @sharonk.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Richie Torres figured it out?
What they're saying: "The ads were deeply offensive to the Equality Caucus and the broader LGBTQ community that we represent," said Rep. Ritchie Torres (D-N.Y.), who co-chairs the caucus' political arm, Equality PAC.

He told Axios: "The Equality Caucus is not going to stand by passively and allow anyone to scapegoat the trans community. It is a red line for us."
Equality PAC "is absolutely not supporting her campaign at this time," the group said in a separate statement to Axios, calling Kaptur's language "unacceptable."
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Luke LeBrun @lukelebrun.ca · 06/10/2026
Canadians take for granted that the political parties that dominated the late 20th century / early 21st century will be around forever The death of CAQ is a reminder that no political party has a right to exist and that every party is always one election away from going extinct
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Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Former mathematician Theodore John Kaczynski, who left academia & later became a recluse in the Montana wilderness, has died in prison.
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Memo Torres @eltragon.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
There’s a new ICE surge happening in the Greater Los Angeles Area now. At least 20 people have been taken by noon in Southern California, numbers we haven’t seen in a long time. @lataco.bsky.social
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W.E.D.em Boyz @leftistwonk.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
This is a key point. The strangest part about AI is that the onus is being placed on the consumer to FIND use cases for it. It is 180 degrees opposite of the original Silicon Valley app boom.
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Asheesh Kapur Siddique @asheeshks.org · 05/10/2026
Alt text here is that Idaho State University has directed an assistant professor to remove his name as co-author of an accepted journal article because another co-author is affiliated with a university Trump flagged as a "concern to national security." ISU now prohibits this.
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Andy Craig @andycraig.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
The Constitution allows it. South Korea has proven it works. If you want to make impeachment viable—and so much else is pointless if you don't—then it can be done by a simple majority adopting a simple rules change: vote on the verdict by secret ballot.
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A Democratic Senate Should Adopt Secret Impeachment Ballots on a Priority Basis
Such a change, requiring no constitutional amendment, would free senators to vote their judgment instead of their fears
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