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Joseph Rezek @rezekjoe.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
My heart breaks for mathematicians whose lives and careers are being destroyed by AI — and especially this PhD student, who doesn’t even know he is a poet
Kai Shaikh, a Ph.D. student in mathematics at the University of Toronto, also currently at SLMath, observed that theorems are easy to use as benchmarks, but that they capture little of the wonderment at the heart of math. "Just like a photograph of a mile marker can't provide much of the value of actually going on a hike," he said,
"it would seem to me that proofs without stories, or even stories without struggle or mystery, and first glimpses of strange beasts, are not very meaningful or valuable to us humans."
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Jeff Sharlet @jeffsharlet.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
He talked about Peale for years as one of his big three influences: his dad, Roy Cohn, and Peale. An unholy trinity of greed, grift, and vanity.
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Jeff Sharlet @jeffsharlet.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Artificial Intelligence and Creative Writing: A Policy of Sorts. I've posted versions before, but I update this each term following conversations with students. Here's my Fall '26 edition. In no way definitive! Learning as I go.
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This is a course for those interested in writing not as means to an end but as an end in itself. Recently... I read a story in New York magazine titled, “Everyone is Cheating Their Way Through College,” by James D. Walsh....
I didn’t think AI would be a temptation for creative writing students. “Everyone is Cheating Their Way Through College” persuaded me that for many students of all sorts it’s not a temptation but a condition. You sleep in a bed, you wear clothes, you don’t scream at teachers. Just the way it is. Maybe AI is becoming that, too, part of “just the way it is.” Maybe it is that already. 
	My mind raced through ideas about how to “beat” AI. The article dismantled them. Then I thought, “That’s not my job.” I’m a writer and a teacher. I’m not a cop. If you want to work with me on writing, we can do that. If you want to cheat, you have the ability to do that, too, and the truth is, I probably can’t stop you.... Per Dartmouth’s policy: “Students may not use GenAI tools for submitted coursework unless expressly permitted.” I do not permit it....
I’m interested in working with students for whom writing feels, somehow, good. Even if sometimes it’s painful. Who seek that feeling anyway. A feeling of being, of alertness. Of purpose; of intention. Of practice.
This is a course for those who are interested in using writing to experience some variation of this feeling. Sometimes it comes in a moment of clarity, sometimes in the making of a lyrical juxtaposition. There are so many more emotional, intellectual, and spiritual possibilities that arise from the act of shaping language... There is no paycheck, or even a finished book held in hand for the first time, that has ever brought me as much complicated pleasure as the arrangement of words. Maybe you’re like this, too. Or maybe you want to be. If so, I designed this course with someone like you in mind.
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Paul Waldman @paulwaldman.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Nobody has more contempt for Trump supporters than Trump himself
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Paul Waldman @paulwaldman.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Every article like this is crammed with the most jaw-dropping corruption imaginable, then a third of the way through they have to throw in "The White House said 'Corrupty McGrifty's integrity is an example to all Americans, who are ennobled by her inspiring service.'" www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
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Exclusive | At Davos, Kimberly Guilfoyle Boasted of Private Jet Trips, Luxury Stays
A recording captured the U.S. ambassador saying that Greek businessmen were paying for her travels and pleading for an invitation to an event with Eric Trump.
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Schooley @schooley.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Just thinking about this as the state harasses Ilhan Omar over 40 year old paperwork.
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Elon Musk, enemy of ‘open borders,’ launched his career working illegally
Investors in Musk’s first company worried about “our founder being deported” and gave him a deadline for obtaining a work visa.
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Jenny Cohn @jennycohn.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
“One might even ask what took them this long to stage the first federally produced snuff film of the modern era, since today’s conservative movement is absolutely saturated in violence — encouraging it, glorifying it, and from time to time, committing it.“ By Paul Waldman
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The Public Doesn’t Want Hegseth’s Snuff Film, and Even Republicans Know It
Like all fascist movements, MAGA is built on violence - but they can tell when they’ve gone too far.
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Paul Waldman @paulwaldman.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
I guarantee you, Husted would have given anything to not have Trump come campaign for him, but he couldn't say no. Then he had to stand there smiling and laughing at Trump's weird jokes while his campaign went down the tubes.
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Paul Waldman @paulwaldman.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
It's really remarkable how in race after race, Republicans are saddled with the worst candidates imaginable - Paxton, Whatley, Husted, Rogers, Marshall, Moody, M. Collins, Graham... Some of them may win, but my god what a collection of losers, crooks, and dumbasses
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Paul Waldman @paulwaldman.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
I don't get it. How is William Lawrence going to accomplish this? Will he use mind control to turn, say, Jim Jordan into another AOC? One bright spot in the deluge of Musk's money is that he is clearly making all the strategic decisions himself, which is good because he's a moron.
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Paul Waldman @paulwaldman.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
Whaddya know, Dems, you can answer a question about trans people by 1) standing on principle, 2) turning it into an attack on Republicans, and 3) not acting like a sniveling coward. It's not that hard!
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Paul Waldman @paulwaldman.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
Man, Joe Biden is gonna have to answer for this
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Paul Waldman @paulwaldman.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
When things are going very well for you and your party
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Paul Waldman @paulwaldman.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
And all it took was 30 years of Republicans causing a recession, Democrats cleaning up the mess, Republicans causing another recession, Democrats cleaning up the mess, Republicans causing another recession...and high gas prices.
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Gil Durán @gilduran.com · 13/10/2026
How to defeat tech billionaire power? Look at Solano County. When billionaires invaded their community with plans to build a "tech utopia," Democrats AND Republicans banded together to fight back. In a triumph of local democracy, they stopped the project...for now. 🎁 www.wsj.com/us-news/sili...
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Silicon Valley’s Dream City Has Crashed Into Small-Town Politics
A bitter standoff between tech-backed developers and local county leaders helped doom a $3-billion project at the edge of the Bay Area.
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Asawin Suebsaeng @swin24.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
We at @zeteo.com, including @premthakker.bsky.social, @andrewperez.bsky.social and me are doing a new series of very Zeteo-y profiles, Tuesday - Friday this week, on the Four Horsemen of the Trump-ocalypse (the working title was: The Warmongers) Here’s the first horseman zeteo.com/p/stephen-mi...
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American ‘Psycho,’ Fascist Dork: Inside Stephen Miller’s War of Terror
The world’s most powerful unelected bureaucrat is leading Trump’s wars on immigrants, civilians, the law, and human decency. It doesn’t matter that he’s made Trump historically unpopular.
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DCPolicyGeek 🇺🇸💛🚫👑 @dcpolicygeek.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
Glad to see Paulina Boorsook talking about her book Cyberselfish, originally pushed in 2000, w/ @katie-drummond.bsky.social from @wired.com on San Francisco's NPR/PBS station @ww2.kqed.org.web.brid.gy. Kudos to @gilduran.com for making the reprint of this pivotal, seemingly prophetic book possible.
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Paulina Borsook on WIRED's Uncanny Valley
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Clarksville — it seems the best Republicans can do to attack House candidate Allie Phillips is say she thought about moving closer to Nashville when she was struggling… wild since it’s an open secret Speaker Sexton lives in Nashville, not Crossville😬 www.facebook.com/share/1L5YLB...
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eschatonblogrss.bsky.social @eschatonblogrss.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
dlvr.it
Friday Afternoon
I'm busy with some things but apparently John Roberts and the gang are dismantling Democracy?
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Jamal Greene @jamalgreene.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
The Secret Service is explicitly subject to the TRO in case anyone is wondering.
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Solomon @solomonrmissouri.com · 24/09/2026
lol lol lol lol lol lol lol
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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
I think the main issue here really is that lots of nice polite mainstream figures in media think quietly agree with him about this stuff or find it unobjectionable bsky.app/profile/asel...
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Texas Observer @texasobserver.org · 22/09/2026
In books: Naomi Klein and Astra Taylor identify religious extremists, the tech elites, and ethno-fascists as “end time fascists.” What they have in common is that they believe they will be the “chosen ones” in the apocalypse that they are accelerating.
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Can We Survive Naomi Klein's Depiction of 'End Times Fascism'?
Klein and co-author Astra Taylor’s new book is too bleak and unfocused for our shameless and sharp-edged political moment.
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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Eggsy when we adopt a kitten: *runs away in terror* Eggsy when we foster a dog (his name is Tomatillo):
My orange creamsicle cat eggsy hanging out with chihuaua tomatillo on the couch
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Katie Bergh @katiebergh.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
🚨New: With data added from more states, we now estimate that about 2 million fewer kids are receiving SNAP in the wake of deep cuts enacted in last year’s Republican reconciliation law. Overall, more than 5 million people have lost SNAP since July 2025. www.cbpp.org/research/foo...
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SNAP Tracker: People Are Losing Food Assistance as the Harmful 2025 Republican Reconciliation Law Is Implemented
SNAP participation nationwide fell by roughly 5 million people (12 percent) between the law’s July 2025 enactment and May 2026, based on the latest month of data.
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Greg Greene (he/him/his) @greene.haus · 24/09/2026
The story of the bosses' revolt comes down to their experience, in 2020, of helplessly watching the labor-income line go up — and resolving, right then and there, to make sure that never happened again.
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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
The nearly decade-long case of Crystal Mason, who was sentenced to 5 yrs in prison over a voting error, will end with an acquittal The wife of the current district attorney, who fought to keep her conviction in place, asked Crystal if she would consider voting for him
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Texas woman triumphs as court upholds acquittal in voting error case
Crystal Mason has spent nearly a decade fighting conviction for casting provisional ballot that ultimately wasn’t counted
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Jeffrey Winfield 💙 🌈 🫂 🫘 🏳️‍🌈 @maverickhammed.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
🚨 In just a few days his ‘Love Thy Neighbor’ grocery drive has brought together thousands of Texans. James Talarico is proud to announce that his campaign has collected over 20,000 pounds of groceries for working Texas. 🔹Talarico organizes MASSIVE grocery drive for Texans. @jamestalarico.bsky.social
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James Talarico organizes MASSIVE grocery drive for Texans
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Askme @askme99.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
I know I've posted this many times - needs to flood the media until election day.
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Saul Staniforth @saulstaniforth.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
"We're here today to say... war criminals are not welcome in this city &.. this is bigger than just Netanyahu. This is about the fact that our govt has been funding and enabling genocide & apartheid & it has to stop" Beth Miller from Jewish Voice for Peace in New York yesterday.
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Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 25/09/2026
Millions of Americans will take action on October 17 to make it clear to the regime that we won’t sit by while they threaten to sabotage the midterms. Join a No Kings event to drive massive early voting and recruit tons of volunteers to help protect our elections: www.nokings.org?SQF_SOURCE=i...
(around a map showing the more than 1,000 events planned for the next No Kings on October 17) NO KINGS
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 17
MAKE A PLAN TO VOTE EARLY!
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Wear The Peace @wearthepeace.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Actress Susan Sarandon being arrested earlier today for protesting Benjamin Netanyahu’s speech at the United Nations. One is speaking out against genocide, one is committing it. One was arrested, one was not.
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Le Monde in English @english.lemonde.fr · 25/09/2026
Amnesty International calls for ICE to be abolished
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Amnesty International calls for ICE to be abolished
In a report titled 'We Had Whistles, They Had Guns,' the NGO documents widespread human rights violations committed by ICE in the United States.
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Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
For just a moment, the world saw their true nature. This is a real photo. F*cking chilling.
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Blue Fairylicious Girl🧚 @bluesnowflake.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Happy Friday - it’s been a rough wk so drink that wine, eat that edible, say fck off to that red hat, yk be you! Or me 😂
Mitch McConnell sitting on top of the station wagon from the movie Vacation
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M Meerkat @kackbro.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Joe Walsh Is Right......
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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
i went to vassar in the early 2000s. all the dorm bathrooms outside the women-only dorm were coed and shared. it was not sexy bsky.app/profile/rams...
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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Great piece from @pemalevy.bsky.social and @ariberman.bsky.social on the Redemption-Era evils the Roberts Court has resurrected www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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Jim Crow was on the ash heap of history. Then came the Roberts court.
The disaster the justices have unleashed has its roots in one of the darkest periods of our past.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
ABC: “A 36yo immigrant from Costa Rica died last week in ICE custody… Carlos Josue Marchena-Marchena marks the 55th such case during Trump’s second term… second person to die at the detention facility in Louisiana this year.”
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Costa Rican immigrant died while in ICE custody, agency says
A 36-year-old immigrant from Costa Rica died last week in Immigration and Customs Enforcement custody, according to an agency notification sent to lawmakers on Monday.
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Bill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
I was deputy M.E. at the WSJ when Murdoch took over, with a similar “editorial independence board.” Within 4 months, our top editor was gone, replaced by a loyal Murdoch deputy. That board raised a quivering objection, but the deed was done. If the Ellisons own CNN, they’ll do whatever they want.
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Reuters @reuters.com · 21/09/2026
LIVE: Mamdani speaks after meeting Trump youtube.com/live/n26aR9d...
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LIVE: Mamdani speaks after meeting Trump
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Michael J. Stern @michaeljstern.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
The deal reached will, according to California’s Attorney General, allow CBS’ news to maintain its editorial independence. The problem is that CBS news has not been editorially independent since Bari Weiss took over. edition.cnn.com/2026/09/21/m...
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State attorneys general agree to settle Paramount merger lawsuit | CNN Business
The state attorneys general suing to block Paramount’s acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery, CNN’s parent company, have reached a settlement, clearing the way for the companies to complete the merger...
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shauna @goldengateblond.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
among other things, this is disqualifying for his inevitable potus run. if you won’t stand up to the billionaires and you can’t tell when they’re lying (which is always), you’re no better than what we have now.
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Damian Corbet 🍉 @damiancorbet.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
“If Vance manages to succeed Trump, Thiel - his benefactor, mentor, and maker - will become the most powerful man in the world.” ~ @gilduran.com
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Désirée Zamorano @ladeziree.latinsky.app · 21/09/2026
This book is killing me. This country
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Gil Durán @gilduran.com · 21/09/2026
I’m scheduled to be on MSNOW at 7:35 pm est to discuss Trump’s AI rebranding psychosis and how Silicon Valley is funding the most corrupt regime in US history. Tune in!
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Gil Durán @gilduran.com · 22/09/2026
TFMB
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Asawin Suebsaeng @swin24.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
The way to look at this is George bush is trying to help Donald trump retain power on the Hill
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David J. Bier @davidjbier.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
ICE admitted in court that it did, in fact, track down this man at his hotel with his 7-year-old daughter and gave him a threatening letter because he sent ICE Director Todd Lyons this email.
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David J. Bier @davidjbier.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Remember while the Office of (un)Professional Responsibility was tracking down and threatening this father for writing that the ICE director is a monster, it was not investigating the thousands of accusations of criminal misconduct against its own agents.
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