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National Weather Service @nws.noaa.gov · 52m

🌡️ A prolonged, dangerous heat wave is expected to continue for much of Coastal Southern California up through the Bay Area and Central Valley through midweek. Be sure to protect yourself and others by following proper heat safety tips. For an update forecast visit www.weather.gov

Prolonged, Dangerous Heat Wave
Much higher than typical October temperatures will impact Coastal Southern California up through the Bay Area and Central Valley through midweek. The expected temperatures will result in Major to Extreme HeatRisk along with numerous daily high temperature records. Heat of this intensity and duration can endanger anyone without adequate cooling or hydration.

High Temperatures, Little Night Relief
Temperatures will run 15 to 20 degrees above normal, pushing coastal areas well into the 90s and adjacent urban and some Central Valley areas into the low 100s. Overnight lows in the mid to upper 70s in the Los Angeles and San Diego urban areas will provide little relief through the heat wave.

Stay Safe in Extreme Heat
Protect yourself and others by staying hydrated, using air conditioning or cooling centers, limiting sun exposure, and checking on vulnerable relatives and neighbors. Never leave children or pets unattended in vehicles, as interior temperatures

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𝖕𝖆𝖗𝖆𝖘𝖎𝖙𝖊-𝐙 [ Novel In Progress ] @parasite-z.bsky.social · 14h

As billionaires, the wealthy class and ai tech bros try to privatize knowledge and erase human curiosity, another form of resistance is to stay curious. Do your own research. Do not be spoonfed your ideals or opinions. Use your library. Think for yourself. It's very important that you do.

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Will Quinn @willquinnart.bsky.social · 14h

Daily bunny no.3461 doesn't need a guard dog

A bunny stands on a front porch, barking angrily at a befuddled shaggy dog, who is standing out in the yard.

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Ruth @teapotrabbit.bsky.social · 20h

Went to a local festival celebrating pan-Asian culture. It was over 96 degrees but we had fun! Son got to help pound mochi, and I got to help eat fresh mochi 😈 The fresh mochi had an amazing texture. Kinda makes me want to try making it at home.

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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Everyone involved in this process — including the Palantir employees — have to be investigated and probably go to jail.

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A.R. Moxon @juliusgoat.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Hey, I’m just asking questions. Ignorant questions, bigoted questions, questions that have been repeatedly answered for many years. Sorry, but I’m not listening to answers right now; I’m far too busy asking questions. It’s called being intellectually curious.

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ascalaphid @ascalaphid.com · 20h

Brother Rye seems especially contemplative today

northern short-tailed shrew having a think and a smoke

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VeryBerry🐰🎨 @veryberry24.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

＼ぽっけだよー！むむだよー／

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old fruit pictures @pomological.xor.blue · 03/10/2026

rome beauty apples, painted by amanda almira newton, 1912

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Dustin A. Chacón @lingdustin.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

I've heard people make claims that AI would lead to a new Renaissance, but I didn't imagine it'd happen like this:

Screenshot of a Tweet from Pope Leo XIV. It reads:

"In this era of artificial intelligence, it is becoming urgen to distinguish human art from what machines produce. There is an ontological difference, even before an aesthetic one, between art and what a machine can generate through statistical calculation based on millions of images created by others. Algorithms lack the spark of humanity. For this reason, the Church wishes to renew an alliance with artists and cultural institutions to safeguard our humanity."

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Loish @loish.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

The unique comfort of wearing a huge sweater, curling up into a ball, and scrolling endlessly.

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Jocelyn Anderson Photography @jocelynanderson.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

This Red-tailed Hawk was preening when a Blue Jay landed nearby. The Blue Jay yelled at the hawk for a bit before also getting into some preening.

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Wes Siler @wessiler.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Sure looks like the Secretary of the Interior is about to invoke emergency wartime powers to use taxpayer funds to build a bunch of data centers on public land, without any public input: wessiler.substack.com/p/whats-doug...

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What’s Doug Burgum Doing With Defense Production Act Authority?

It sure looks like things are adding up for widespread data center construction on public lands, without public input

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

22 California billionaires have spent a combined $150 million to defeat Prop 40. Their combined wealth in January 2025 was $439 BILLION. By September 2026, it had grown to $722 BILLION. They're accidentally making the case for the billionaire tax better than anyone else could.

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Julia Métraux @juliametraux.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

"I'm supposed to be a tough guy," Curtis confided. "I can hold your hand," the mayor offered "What happens if I faint?" Sliwa asked. "I've got you," Mamdani assured him, grabbing his hand as Sliwa received his flu shot. abc7ny.com/post/nyc-may...

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Mayor Mamdani holds hands with one-time rival Curtis Sliwa to get flu shot

An apparent bromance has continued to blossom for the one-time political rivals.

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Ruth @teapotrabbit.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Read this whole thread, goddamn. From a later excerpt: "Polarization is the country’s immune response to an unpopular, antidemocratic, and intentionally divisive faction grabbing for disproportionate power to the detriment of national success, reputation, and democratic self-government."

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Josh Crutchmer @jcrutchmer.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

How is it mind boggling

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National Weather Service @nws.noaa.gov · 01/10/2026

Long duration #heatwave expected Friday through early next week in California. Minimum temperatures in the low/mid 70s will provide little to no overnight relief to those without adequate cooling or hydration. Heat Advisories and Extreme Heat warnings for parts of central and southern California.

Warning of a prolonged late‑season California heat wave: text and color maps show major-to-extreme heat risk concentrated in Southern California and the Central Valley with peak temperatures in the 100s and safety guidance to stay hydrated and use cooling.

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ascalaphid @ascalaphid.com · 19/09/2025

Brother Herbert's prize pepo

little shrew monk guy with a bigass pumpkin

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VeryBerry🐰🎨 @veryberry24.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

☘️なかよしうさぎさん☘️ もぐもぐしちゃうぞ〜

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Jess 🐰 Usagi Shima OUT NOW!! @pank0.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Usagi Shima is finally coming to Steam on October 29th!!! 😭🐰🎉 Pet your buns and decorate your bunny sanctuary! 🏝️🐇✨

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Rosemary Mosco @rosemarymosco.com · 02/10/2026

Butterbutt. An older comic.

A four-panel comic titled "yellow-rumped warbler poem". In panel 1, a yellow-rumped warbler stands on a branch in a late autumn scene, and says "Fall is here." In panel 2, the warbler watches a brown leaf fall to the ground, and says "Winter's near." In panel 3, the warbler faces the viewer as brown leaves fall, and says "Need some cheer?" In panel 4, the warbler is showing its luminous yellow rump, and cheerfully says "See my rear."

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Jennifer Molidor @jennifermolidor.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Condors are a rewilding miracle. As we recover this highly endangered species, illegal lead ammunition puts their existence in jeopardy. Still these holy giants are wilder every year, traveling further. They need wild places protected to be truly free baynature.org/magazine/fal... @baynature.org

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California Condors Return to the East Bay

As the population recovers, they've been making test flights northward. Here's where to (possibly) see them.

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Will Quinn @willquinnart.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Daily bunny no.3459 is getting ready

A couple of bunnies haul a gigantic pumpkin home from a pumpkin patch, dragging it down the sidewalk in an old-fashioned red toy wagon. A third bunny rolls a smaller pumpkin sideways along the sidewalk just behind them

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old fruit pictures @pomological.xor.blue · 01/10/2026

early ripe apples, painted by royal charles steadman, 1919

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Dr. Heather Hinam 🍁 🇨🇦 @secondnaturemb.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

When your sibling has a treat and you don't - two coyotes fighting over a fish head. #mammals 🌿

Two coyotes running up a slanted slab of limestone. The one in the front has a fish head in its mouth while the other chases close behind.

Two coyotes tussling on top of a tilted slab of layered limestone. The coyote in the front has dropped its fish head, which runs the risk of falling into a crack between the layers. The second coyote makes a lunge for the prize.

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Micah @rincewind.run · 01/10/2026

not that it was ever very good but I am well and truly over the Newsom trolling approach to Trump social media bullshit

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Ruth @teapotrabbit.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

HAH. He deserves much worse, but I’m glad he’s getting at least this much.

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Ruth @teapotrabbit.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

It is 49F outside and I have all the windows and screen doors open because it’s supposed to be 86F later 😵‍💫 This fall heatwave is not my favorite.

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Ian Coldwater 🧊🚫 @lookitup.baby · 30/09/2026

BREAKING NEWS: “Do geese see God” is a palindrome

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maura quint @mauraquint.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Yes every woman has been harassed, many assaulted. But every woman has also experienced invisible loss from moments she avoided harassment. She felt a space becoming unsafe, so she left, while men stayed on. And in leaving, she lost: opportunities, experiences, learning, promotions, even simply fun.

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old fruit pictures @pomological.xor.blue · 01/10/2026

rome apples, painted by mary daisy arnold, 1912

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

And once again, real harms imposed on real people must be set aside until after real damage is done in order to privilege the unproven right of Trump to impose those harms

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Micah @rincewind.run · 29/09/2026

"irreparable harm" is donald trump getting his feelings hurt over being told no and not people being deported to countries they have no ties to with no resources and no support system

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Eric Columbus @ericcolumbus.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Not a great sign when your 12-person private fundraiser includes someone who hates you enough to leak damaging audio

The audio of Mr. Paxton was shared with The Times by an attendee who recorded him speaking at a private fund-raiser in Washington attended by roughly a dozen people. The person, who opposes Mr. Paxton’s campaign and provided the recording to The Times, was granted anonymity because Mr. Paxton’s remarks were private.

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Jeff VanderMeer @jeffvandermeer.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

They quoted me in this New Yorker piece about AI today. www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...

“Let’s say there’s a world or time line I exist in where A.I. has been subject to regulation. It is ethical. It has no footprint environmentally,” the novelist Jeff VanderMeer, a prominent critic of A.I., told me over the phone. “With those guardrails in place, would I read an A.I. book? All I can say is no. And the reason is, in part, because I want to read something coming from a particular mind.” Using A.I., he said, “feels like a betrayal of the whole point of why you’re a writer.”

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Jack Grimes @jackapedia.design · 24/09/2026

I'm joining the war on slop with cheap, fast flyer commissions. If you know someone who is asking the computer for event posters, tell them to ask me instead. Get the guarantee!

A poster mocked up as if it was offset printed in black and red roughly 60 years ago. The header reads "AVAILABLE NOW! FLYERS DESIGNED BY A HUMAN BEING!" and the subsequent text is pitching $50 flyer designs with a "SLOP-FREE GUARANTEE," incorporating some vintage Henry Volk clipart of people looking at a poster and saying how well it reflects on the event organizer.

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Will Quinn @willquinnart.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Daily bunny no.3457 always brings an acorn

A bunny in a blue dress brings an acorn to a small grey squirrel, who she is meeting in a clearing in the woods. The squirrel is dressed more rustically, accepts the gift gladly.

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Jared Pechaček @vandroidhelsing.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

this fool’s spoon isn’t even runcible

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Ruth @teapotrabbit.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Dragged the whole family to get flu and covid shots this evening, so I am feeling very accomplished. We arrived about 15 minutes before the vaccine clinic closed, it was totally empty, and we were able to get in and out really fast. Worked great!

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Evelyndroid's Aperture Science and Bugge-Finding 🏳️‍⚧️🕷️ @apsciencebylyn.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Mr Attidops cinctipes, in a lovely little mossy crevice in magnolia bark. Very small 🤎 #EmotionalSupportSpood

Lumpy brown jumping spider with stripy stubby legs, peering at you from a mossy crevice

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

After heavy lobbying and huge donations from Big Tech, Trump killed a proposed Biden-era rule requiring AI companies to disclose their riskiest experiments to federal officials. Everything is for sale. This is worth a read: www.levernews.com/ai-regulation-was…

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AI Regulation Was Coming. Then Trump Killed It.

After a flood of tech industry cash, President Donald Trump killed a requirement that AI giants disclose their riskiest

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The Authors Guild @authorsguild.org · 21/09/2026

But far more important – the documents also hammer home why the mass piracy for training purposes is not “fair use” under copyright law. Again and again, OpenAI and Microsoft acknowledged they were using copyrighted books to create new works that would compete directly with the originals. (6/7)

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The Authors Guild @authorsguild.org · 21/09/2026

And that’s a capital D Disdain: “There will be a point where a bunch of artists express worry about what we’re doing here and we’ll likely ignore their concerns and release anyway.” (5/7)

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The Authors Guild @authorsguild.org · 21/09/2026

Many documents reflect disdain for authors and their livelihoods. One early OpenAI staffer wrote “Our work in this area will make people unemployed” and another “The better we do . . . the more worried genre fiction authors will become about us substituting for them on Amazon.” (4/7)

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