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ProTip (AKA alt_localgov) @protip.altgov.info · 09/10/2026

It’s like the opposite of finding out your old baseball cards are worth a fortune.

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AltSpaceForce 🚀🇺🇲 @altspaceforce.altgov.info · 03/10/2026

It turns out explaining basic human consent is so bewildering to some people that someone literally had to whip out a stick-figure cartoon about Earl Grey just to get everyone on the same page.

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

This is the 59th death in ICE detention since Trump took office.

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AltSpaceForce 🚀🇺🇲 @altspaceforce.altgov.info · 28/09/2026

Data gathering you say?

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Duncan Hothersall @dhothersall.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

If attendance at a major women's conference was down 80% due to a boycott fighting against trans *inclusion*, it would be all over the Times, Telegraph, Mail etc. This last weekend, attendance at a major women's conference was down 80% due to a boycott fighting against trans *exclusion*. Crickets.

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Nicole Bedera @nbedera.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

The main reason you haven’t heard about campus sexual violence in a few years is because Trump and SCOTUS have made it much, much harder for survivors to come forward. You might vaguely remember that Title IX was a big battleground in his first term. And that we lost.

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Steven Sloss 🛸 @stevensloss.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

There’s a special rung in Hell reserved for every single person involved in this atrocity

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AltFDA @altfda.altgov.info · 23/09/2026

Good morning ppl! Are you using Millie Moon diapers? You should fucking stop!!!! www.wcpo.com/money/consum... Why no recall? CPSC (consumer product safety control) CANT FIND ANYONE IN THE FDA TO TALK TO ABOUT INITIATING IT!!!

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Millie Moon says it won’t recall diapers, despite reports of chemical burns

More than 375 complaints have been filed with the Consumer Product Safety Commission in the past six months, but the company says it has not identified any safety issue that would warrant a recall.

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Mayor Katie B. Wilson @mayor.seattle.gov · 23/09/2026

Big win for Seattle consumers 🛒 Today we passed Fair Pricing legislation, banning companies from using your personal data to charge you more than the person next to you. Same product, same store, same price — no matter who’s pushing the cart.

Photo of a bag of groceries with the text “Seattle Becomes First City to Ban Algorithmic Price Fixing”

"Food is an essential good that's getting more expensive all the time," said Mayor Katie Wilson.
"People have been clear: they don't want their data fed into algorithms that decide how much they pay at the grocery store.
Everyone deserves transparent pricing and equal treatment, not hidden systems that charge some shoppers more than others.”

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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 17/09/2026

"It's just sports and it's a red state." "It's just medical care for trans youth." "It's just banning trans people from schools." We are here. Stop rationalizing Dems throwing trans people under the bus. Do not vote for anti trans Dems.

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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 17/09/2026

Called it. The father was charged with punching the child while the mother did witness intimidation to cover it up. www.wbur.org/news/2026/09...

The case was reported to the state in early 2025. Both parents were charged in connection with an incident at the family’s Southborough home in late January of that year, according to court documents. WBUR is not identifying the teenager, who is a minor.

Joseph Kutzko was accused of punching and threatening his then-15-year-old child at the family home on Jan. 28, 2025, records from Westborough District Court show. A Southborough police detective wrote that Kutzko punched the victim in the shoulder and pulled them by their hair. Kutzko later allegedly threatened to kill the victim “for not singing in tune during a birthday celebration,” according to court records.

Kutzko was arrested the next day and pleaded not guilty. In setting bail, the judge referred to three prior restraining orders against Kutzko, one of which is permanent. She did not say whether any are tied to this case.

The child’s mother, Arlene Kutzko, was charged with witness intimidation after allegedly pressuring the child to “tell the school that she was exaggerating and being stupid.”

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AltSpaceForce 🚀🇺🇲 @altspaceforce.altgov.info · 15/09/2026

Data centers are operating with few, if any, guard rails at the state or federal level. Adding to the water and electricity consumption issues, a data center in NJ spilled over $30k worth of diesel into a fresh waterway that had been teeming with life. We need a working government.

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Advocates Call for Statewide Data Center Ban After Thousands of Gallons of Diesel Fuel Spill Into the Hackensack River - Insider NJ

Advocates Call for Statewide Data Center Ban After Thousands of Gallons of Diesel Fuel Spill Into the Hackensack River An Equinix data center in Secaucus spilled thousands of gallons of diesel fuel in...

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ProTip (AKA alt_localgov) @protip.altgov.info · 14/09/2026

At this point, what else are they doing with their lawlessness except provoking violence?

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NYTimes: affirmative action for mediocre editors angry at MeToo @originalist.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

"Amnesty Int'l interviewed detainees who said the cage was half this size (couldn't stand up), had no awning, w feet chained to the bottom EIGHT MONTHS AGO. Glad folks are appalled by photos of the "phone booth" cage under an awning, but pls understand: This IG report is likely part of a cover-up."

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

NEW: DHS's Inspector General releases a scathing report about the Everglades detention camp known as "Alligator Alcatraz." The OIG finds that the now-closed camp, violated multiple ICE standards. The OIG also confirms detainees were punished with placement in a metal cage in the Florida heat.🧵

OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL
U.S. Department of Homeland Security
Staff also reported that time spent in the small metal enclosures is closely monitored, and
detainees are not locked in, even though we observed locking mechanisms on the enclosures.
Figures 11 and 12. Small Metal Enclosures; Observed January 21, 2026

Underneath is a picture of a metal cage that is 4 feet 3 inches wide by 4 feet 3 inches long, and 7 feet 9 inches high. The cage itself is placed on a tiny spot of fake turf, and then surrounded by another chainlink fence with razor wire on top. The cage is covered by a roof, but it's entirely exposed to the outside otherwise, meaning mosquitos and no air conditioning.

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Remote Game Jobs @remotegamejobs.com · 14/09/2026

. @cigames.bsky.social is hiring for the following positions, working on Lords of the Fallen: 🎨 Animation Production Coordinator - Freelance (Europe) 🎨 Cinematic Animator (Remote Spain) 📐 Senior Combat Designer - Freelance (Europe) 🎬 Senior Producer (Europe)

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Oh the difference here is they're never actually going to send the midterm bribes.

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Elizabeth Jacobs, PhD @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) is a critical collaboration that helps protect us all from infectious disease. They are also the body that in November will declare that the U.S. has lost its measles elimination status. Trump has now decided it’s “corrupt” and he wants to defund it.

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US Proposal To Eliminate PAHO Funding Raises Alarm Over Health Security In Americas - Health Policy Watch

The oldest multilateral health organization in the world, the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), is fighting many of the same health threats it did at

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Emily Hare @emilyhare.com · 10/09/2026

Since it's my 50th time round the sun, would you care to share my art around? That would be a splendid gift, thank you! 🥰 emilyhare.com #dragons #fantasyart #watercolour #creatureart #unicorns

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RogueNOAA @roguenoaa.altgov.info · 10/09/2026

“Field tests give weight to the caution. A tracked collector that ran for 41 hours in the zone in 2021 left visible scars, and a separate survey found that disturbance from a decades-old experiment had still not healed.” www.earth.com/earth-scienc...

earth.com

Over 5,500 species found living and thriving in a proposed deep-sea mining zone

Rich in battery-metal nodules, the Pacific's vast Clarion-Clipperton Zone has become a deep-sea mining hotspot, holding 17 international exploration contracts.

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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 08/09/2026

The military wanted a version of OpenAI's models that would not refuse directives from military officials, a metric called the "minimal refusal rates." This kind of stuff is extremely dangerous. theintercept.com/2026/09/08/p... archive.ph/iKdbn

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The Pentagon Asked OpenAI for Artificial Intelligence Designed to Rarely Say No

The U.S. military’s desire for an AI tool with “minimal refusal rates” was revealed through a FOIA lawsuit filed by The Intercept.

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Erin Fogg says Free Link @criminalerin.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

I just think a country that claims to be first world, the best in the world in fact, and somehow manages to possess the largest nuclear armed military on Earth ought to have more robust federal public health measures than literally just one rabies guy

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213 people recommended for rabies treatment after petting zoo exposure in NC

RABIES UPDATE | The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services (NCDHHS) said that 284 people were exposed to rabies at a petting zoo. They have recommended rabies post-exposure prophylaxis...

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orangebac.bsky.social @orangebac.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

There was a piece in Nature yesterday about how the NSF, between canceled grants and historical low grant awards for 2026, was sitting on an eighth of its budget unspent and reserved for some nebulous white house initiative. Makes you wonder.

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Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 06/09/2026

not even the bitcoin people were brazen enough to try and pull this line

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“Data centers are not secretly poisoning communities. They are critical infrastructure that can raise legitimate, but resolvable, questions about water use, electricity demand and local permitting — hardly the environmental menace Brockovich makes them out to be.”
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Factually untrue. Data centers are absolutely poisoning communities, from fumes from their diessel generators, to the incessant loud noise, to the climate-destabilizing massive amounts of CO2, plus hazardous and harmful air pollution & coal ash from their electricity generation.
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To be fair the data centers are not doing that! (Aside from maybe noise if there’s not enough sound insulation). Data centers are just servers in a room. Natural gas plants attached to data centers are doing all that and that’s why we shouldn’t power these data centers that way

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Abigail Larson @abigaillarson.com · 05/09/2026

An early fright 🐈‍⬛ "Carmilla" by Sheridan Le Fanu is coming this October in a gorgeous leather-bound special limited edition from Lyra's Books. I made 14 illustrations that are hand-tipped into each copy. This was a dream project, and I can't wait to share more info in the coming weeks!

Illustration by Abigail Larson depicting a young blonde girl curled up in bed looking at something out of frame. Two long shadowy hands reach toward her.

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AMA @ama-assn.org · 04/09/2026

PCOS has a new name: PMOS. That’s short for Polyendocrine Metabolic Ovarian Syndrome, and the change is more than just a new label. The new name reflects the condition’s broader impact, from hormones and fertility to insulin resistance and heart health. @keerthanapmd.bsky.social explains more.

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Tapling: Queer Zines 🏳️‍🌈 @taplingzines.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

We’re tired of the persecution and censorship trans people are facing, so we chose to build an art book centered on our joy, love, and euphoria. We hope it can be the pick-me-up those in the community need right now. 💕 Support the project here (75% funded!): www.kickstarter.com/projects/tap...

Why we made Moments of Euphoria, Live on Kickstarter!

All trans people are beautifully unique, while also sharing a fundamental desire for joy, love, and acceptance. This art book celebrates that through illustrated snapshots of trans people from all around the world experiencing their version of euphoria.

This is more important than ever, in a time when trans persecution and censorship is at its highest. We need reminders of why we should keep pushing on: for these moments of joy and self-love, cultivated simply from being our true selves.

The book also combats the divisions growing in our community, by interconnecting a huge variety of identities, cultures, and experiences. It shows us that being trans is always something worth celebrating in whatever way is most true to each of us.

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De|Center @thedecenter.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

The U.S is the most incarcerated country in the world. For incarcerated people, surveillance is a mandatory condition of their ability to remain connected. Learn more about how prisons function as a microcosm of techno-authoritarianism in our latest newsletter. the-decenter.ghost.io/prisons-wher...

the-decenter.ghost.io

Prisons: Where the Future of Surveillance is Tested

With a contraband phone from inside a US prison, one of our experts talks to us about the importance of staying connected. Plus, more interviews and analysis as part of our spotlight series, where we ...

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Steve Rattner @steverattner.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

ICE enforcement has not increased employment for native-born Americans.

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Micah @rincewind.run · 02/09/2026

it's not an exaggeration to say that jk rowling is the world's most powerful and prominent transphobe outside of elon musk it's easy to not buy a tesla and it's easy to not watch the harry potter tv show

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Ryan James Dee @ryanjamesdee.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Again, if buying isn’t owning then piracy isn’t stealing

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Real Deal Space Bird Energy (C.A. MacLean) @camroundabout.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

I have a memory of when corporations would do shitty things and try to put some kind of positive spin on it in their press releases, but Sony is actually just "we are taking away physical media, there will be no benefit to you, you own nothing, prices will not go down, we will rule in the ruins"

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Ryan Goodman @rgoodlaw.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

On the left: USPS Whistleblower disclosure: USPS preparatory work on mail-in ballot Rule continued after court order prohibiting it. On the right: Court order: USPS Defendants "may take no further preparatory steps." (disclosure via @blumenthal.senate.gov public release)

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

It's like a parody, but it's deadly serious; the Commerce Department (which includes Census, NOAA, and others) has outright deleted "don't alter or suppress scientific findings for political reasons" from its scientific integrity rules. Seriously.

Protecting against "inappropriate influence" is no longer a "hallmark" of scientific integrity

The Commerce Department updated its policy for promoting a "culture of scientific integrity" in January 2025, days before Trump's second inauguration.

A new Trump administration order bans the Census Bureau and the Bureau of Economic Analysis from using statistical “noise,” or data for fuzzing survey results, to protect people’s privacy in their statistics.

The 2025 version included bans on attempts to shape or interfere in data collection, statistical analysis and other scientific activities "against well-accepted scientific methods and theories or without scientific justification."

The department's policy, the 2025 version said, involves ensuring scientific findings at its agencies "are not suppressed, delayed, or altered for political purposes and are not subjected to inappropriate influence," as well as making sure there's "independent review of facilities, methodologies, and other scientific activities as appropriate to ensure scientific integrity."

That language is missing, however, in the Trump administration's revision of the policy, according to an NPR analysis of text posted on the Commerce Department's website.

And while the revision adopts a definition for "scientific integrity" that is similar to the previous version, it no longer says that "protection from inappropriate influence" is among the "hallmarks of scientific integrity."

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Ryan Packer @typewriteralley.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

The Kemper organization also spends a lot of time and energy on trying to maintain Bellevue's car-centricism.

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Alt U.S. Department of Labor @alt-dol.altgov.info · 28/08/2026

More reasons to join a union.

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Project Salt Box @projectsaltbox.com · 28/08/2026

🚨 BREAKING: ICE returned to its warehouse scheme, awarding GardaWorld $17.3 million Thursday to convert an agency-owned warehouse in San Antonio into a detention and processing facility. It used the Navy WEXMAC TITUS contracting program Secretary Markwayne Mullin said in June DHS had stopped using.

projectsaltbox.com

ICE Awards GardaWorld $17.3 Million to Convert San Antonio Warehouse Into a Service Processing Center

ICE bought the work through a Navy program the Department of Homeland Security said in June it had abandoned.

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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

The National Park Service has been quietly working to fulfill an unprecedented directive from Trump officials: Parcel off a corner of Yosemite National Park to give to a private developer

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Trump’s Quietly Working to Give Part of Yosemite to a Private Developer

The National Park Service is under pressure to make an unprecedented deal that cedes a quarter-mile strip of the park.

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DreamingDrama ♡ @dreamingdramabsky.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

in a world of fucking jk rowling's... be a Dolly Parton. 💔🕯️💔 Queen 4ever

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Kevin J. Kircher @kevinjkircher.com · 24/08/2026

Underappreciated: US farmland *already substantially produces energy, not food*, and does so very inefficiently. Corn ethanol (~40% of all US corn) requires about 100 times more land per vehicle-mile driven than solar photovoltaics -> electric vehicles. Shifting corn to solar *would free up land*.

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Steve Vladeck @stevevladeck.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

#BREAKING: Over dissents from the three Dem. appointees, #SCOTUS has *granted* the Trump administration’s request to freeze a district court injunction that had blocked the mail-in ballots executive order. But Trump’s EO remains blocked by a different injunction in a different case—at least for now:

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Princess Vimentin PhD | Cancer Biologist @princess-vimentin.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

We were yelling about the destructive OMB rule for future awarded #NIH grants. It doesn't stop there. NSF capitulated. How would you if a ground breaking grant was rejected arbitrarily? Today is the last day to comment. 2026 is the year when your voice is crucial! 🧪 blog.ucs.org/kei-koizumi/...

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Ian Coldwater 🧊🚫 @lookitup.baby · 23/08/2026

I love Minneapolis

Jake Lang, a Nazi asshole, getting his ass picturesquely whooped in downtown Minneapolis by a person dressed as Spider-Man

I cannot overstate how much this photo looks like a comic book cover

Photo credit Chris Juhn Photography

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Seung Min Kim @seungminkim1.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

WASHINGTON (AP) — Editor of Stars and Stripes says he is being fired for insubordination after saying any censorship is a 'red line.'

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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

The president is threatening to sue a think tank for $5 billion unless they retract a report stating that his National Guard deployments to American cities under the guise of fake emergencies didn't make those cities safer. It's like a Con Law exam question about executive abuse of power.

nytimes.com

Trump Threatens Defamation Suit Over National Guard Report, Aiming to Intimidate a Critic

It was the latest example of President Trump’s bid to use the legal system against those who voice unflattering facts and opinions generally protected by the First Amendment.

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