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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 3h
Cancelling a subscription shouldn't be this hard. If you can sign up with a click, you must be able to cancel with one. Head to nyc.gov/click-to-cancel to file a complaint against any business that makes it hard to cancel a subscription.
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thereisnomagic.bsky.social @thereisnomagic.bsky.social · 5h
NYC scavenger hunt has started Hopefully a good way to spend a rainy Sunday
Experiences HAPPENING NOW
NYC SCAVENGER HUNT *
Organize NYC Scavenger Hunt
The Mayor's Office of Mass
Engagement invites you to join a citywide celebration of People Power in New York City.
• 11 OCT, 10:00 - 11 OCT, 17:30
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WIRED @wired.com · 10/10/2026
Inspired by head-banging woodpeckers, Vancouver-based Pikio Labs has discovered a new approach to skull protection.
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How This Tiny Startup Built the World’s Safest Bike Helmet
Inspired by head-banging woodpeckers, Vancouver-based Pikio Labs has discovered a new approach to skull protection.
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Dan Kaszeta FRHistS @dankaszeta.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
That will totally screw up and make it all kick off in Northern Ireland
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Gail Simone @gailsimone.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
MIKKI KENDALL WRITES LADY HENRIETTA AND THE REGULATORS DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA HOW LONG WE HAVE KEPT THIS SECRET? Mikki, I am so excited for this!
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 09/10/2026
I am angry tonight. Because tonight ICE shot a New Yorker. They shot a New Yorker while his five year old child was in the car. ICE makes this city less safe. We want them out. Now.
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Void Hermit @zomduckie.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Reread Rolling in the Deep from APOCALYPSE SCENARIOS: THESE ARE THE WAYS THE WORLD ENDS by Mira Grant ( @seananmcguire.bsky.social ) and the whole Edition is filled with dystopian terror. Some of the stories hurt more due to the current shit storm happening around us.
APOCALYPSE SCENARIOS: THESE ARE THE WAYS THE WORLD ENDS by Mira Grant
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thereisnomagic.bsky.social @thereisnomagic.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
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Did Claude discover a new enzyme or ‘stole’ a biologist’s work? Anthropic responds
This is not the first time that a closed-source AI model has been accused of ‘stealing’ a scientist’s work.
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Lis Power @lispower.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Fox News is honing in on the enemy ... and it's ... Ms. Rachel?
Graphic showing "Ms. Rachel's controversial stances" 

which includes supporting Dem candidates, supporting Palestine, opposing ICE, and stating no one needs a billion dollars.
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Pookleblinky @pookleblinky.bsky.social · 22/02/2026
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_... The Battle of Holbeck Moor in 1936. Oswald Mosley (whose grandson runs Palantir UK) tried to start nazi shit in the Jewish quarter of Leeds. *30,000* antifascists showed up to tell him to eat shit and die, pelting him and his buddies with rocks til they fled.
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Battle of Holbeck Moor - Wikipedia
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AAUP chapter @UT Austin @utaustinaaup.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Chaos and authoritarianism at UT Austin. Faculty have just days to show how their courses meet vague requirements of breadth and foundationalism. Proposals will be reviewed by an unspecified entity. No guarantee at all that those who review the proposals have expertise in the field.
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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
This is pretty fucking wild. I had assumed in a worst case scenario he would target blue zip codes and toss ballots based on technicalities but this is even worse than I imagined.
Not only is this system astonishingly untested, USPS has simultaneously implemented an
impracticable zero percent failure rate.
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batches, if any one ballot in the batch cannot be verified against the Portal, all ballots in that
batch will be rejected. For example, if a state election official brings a batch of 10,000 ballots to
USPS and USPS is unable to match just one of those ballots against the Portal – because, for
example, someone has recently changed their name after marriage or they’ve moved – then
USPS would refuse to mail the remaining 9,999 ballots as well. As the whistleblower notes,
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weeder @weeder.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
So funny watching the media try to write 2000's era Grand Theft Auto Outrage articles now that the whole country is a casino run by murderers.
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Alex Ip 葉清霖 @alexip718.com · 31/08/2026
MIT, where I completed grad school, had to reduce its graduate admissions by 20% this academic year. If the #1 ranked higher education institution in the world with so much cash hanging around it has a 24/7 lounge with unlimited bananas can't keep grad student enrollment steady, nobody is safe
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iWillVote.com Pollock ➡️ turn 🔔 on @willpollock.com · 30/08/2026
👸🏼 Charlotte B. torched Santa Clarita's city council and used them as a hood ornament for her 1957 Cadillac Eldorado #Flock #GiveHerAShow via @jesscraven101.bsky.social
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 30/08/2026
Rep. James Clyburn says he supports expanding the Supreme Court: "13 is a pretty good number. A baker's dozen would be a good number to have on the Court."
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Tåsi @islandgoth.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
My brother was one of the scientists fired during the DOGE cuts and his entire lab got shut down. The research from their multimillion dollar program will be rendered useless. Their work was focused around helping local farmers increase their crop yields. Our gov't hates us and wants us to die.
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thereisnomagic.bsky.social @thereisnomagic.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
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Toss @stevenspoints.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
I really cannot think of a greater honor than to have the Muppets say this about you upon your passing
Instagram post from the official Muppets account: Few humans have earned the title of honorary Muppet more than the legendary Tim Curry. As a performer he was unparalleled - witty, charming, unnerving, and deeply funny. We will always consider it one of our greatest treasures to have been part of Long John Silver’s crew. Thank you for everything, Tim.
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Jay A. @jayalaxa.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
And now, the LEGEND that is Tim Curry. Fun fact: This production was Fox, which has since been purchased by Disney, arguably making Frank N. Furter - a Disney Princess. RIP Tim Curry. You will forever be in our hearts. Thank you for the Music, and Laughs! youtu.be/ZCZDWZFtyWY?...
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The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975) - Sweet Transvestite Scene (3/5) | Movieclips
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Daniel Radosh @radosh.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Republicans have spent the last year trying to defund Dolly Parton
article about proposed GOP cuts to Imagination Library in Indianaarticle about proposed GOP cuts to Imagination Library in Kentuckyarticle about proposed GOP cuts to Imagination Library in Missouriiarticle about proposed GOP cuts to Imagination Library in Washington
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thereisnomagic.bsky.social @thereisnomagic.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
“STARBUCKS HAS VIOLATED U.S. LABOR LAW MORE THAN ANY OTHER COMPANY IN MODERN HISTORY”
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Elizabeth Jacobs, PhD @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
After fifteen years of studying the anti-vax movement, I came to the conclusion that upholding legal requirements for vaccines for school entry is the single most important thing we can do. You cannot use facts to convince someone who did not employ facts to make their decision. So use the law.
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thereisnomagic.bsky.social @thereisnomagic.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
“The Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf” has been recommended to me, as one of those nearby places you mention.
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Caitlin Rozakis @caitlinrozakis.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
I'm trying to plan meals for Worldcon, and I'm tracking down the non-Starbucks coffee locations available. Would rather not cross a picket line, and there's a Starbucks inside every dang hotel, it looks like. (But it looks like there are some options if you're willing to walk a bit further!)
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A.R. Moxon @juliusgoat.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
I don’t think any court should be allowed to consider the question “is the president allowed to try to overthrow democracy?” and any court that does should be understood as having nullified itself, its authority, and all its past and future rulings.
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Karen Attiah @karenattiah.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
BREAKING: After the Washington Post fired me last year for speaking the truth in the wake of the Charlie Kirk killing, I fought back. And I'm happy to announce: I won my case against the Washington Post. They have been ordered to reinstate me immediately. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/24/b...
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Washington Post Ordered to Rehire Fired Columnist Karen Attiah
An arbitrator ordered the newspaper to reinstate Karen Attiah, who was fired after posting about “white men who espouse hatred and violence” following Charlie Kirk’s killing.
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(C)all (M)e "Shirley" or don't, I don't care @realcinematik.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
It's worth reiterating every time the Trump regime performs one of these murders that they are murders, wholly illegal, & everyone in the chain of command from the president on down to the officers who fired the weapons should be prosecuted for their crimes in aiding & abetting the murders.
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Abdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
We're being told that if we sacrifice the rights of some people, then the rest of us get to keep our rights. We all know that's some BS.
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Regime Accountant, CPA ☠️🎢 @regimecpa.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
Texans will be struggling between everyone gets a puppy and diarrhea forever
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Chris Person @papapishu.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
Sorry chatbot lovers but the waning of Boolean operators in most search functions on websites has made my life actively worse. You can't find anything, you can only have things suggested to you.
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Brandon Friedman @brandonfriedman.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
Unambiguous revolution stuff. This is the sorta thing that goes into a certain type of declaration.
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mathletic.bsky.social @mathletic.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
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Anime NYC @animenyc.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
My convention's anime My tastes are weeb WE GOT A LETTER FROM MAMDANI CAN YOU BELIEVE We are honored to have received this welcome letter from @nycmayor! Anime NYC starts TODAY!
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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
NEWS --> A group of religious organizations suing DHS just alleged that agents violated an ongoing court order when they secretly infiltrated a church in Minneapolis to conduct covert surveillance on anti-ICE meetings. Full backstory in my reporting and thread below.
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tweety fish oh wow like a chimera or something spoooky @sifu.tweety.fish · 20/08/2026
I'm sorry but "a huge number of NYC cabs now are remaindered EVs running grey market software written by some dude in a garage" is the most cyberpunk thing I've ever heard
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Jeff Rudd 🇮🇪 🇨🇦 🇵🇸 @jeffrudd.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
REMEMBER: They all knew.
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Brandon Friedman @brandonfriedman.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
Abolishing ICE is now the official position of the Democratic Party
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Dante Atkins @danteatkins.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
Here are things that happened at the DNC today: 1) Resolution calling to abolish ICE unanimously adopted 2) Brand-new early state calendar that reflects the full diversity of the Democratic base 3) Rejection of insider efforts to ban RCV from being used in presidential primaries Great results here
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
".. The robot arms would swing out of control, smashing into carefully calibrated equipment, and sometimes they would unexpectedly drop hunks of steel 5 feet down to the floor." @propublica.org $GD www.propublica.org/article/gene...
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Fiasco in the Factory: Taxpayers Funded a $533 Million Artillery Plant That Made Nothing
General Dynamics opened a Texas factory to churn out artillery shells for Ukraine, but the machines kept breaking. Robot arms smashed into things. Hunks of metal crashed to the floor. There was even a...
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 10/08/2026
If it looks like an Amazon delivery and drives like an Amazon delivery, then it's an Amazon delivery, right? Not according to Amazon. Big companies like Amazon have built a vast network of subcontractors who deliver their packages while shielding them from accountability.
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BeijingPalmer @beijingpalmer.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
I propose that this could be solved by introducing Mark Zuckerberg to the custom of the sea.
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Starfire’s Deranged Neocon Foreign Policy Podcast @irhottakes.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
I think the thing we are all in denial about when it comes to the One Cool Trick to win elections forever is that low info swing voters are basically incomprehensible eldritch horrors to politically engaged people. There’s no understanding them and you’ll go mad trying.
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cait (and adonis) @cait.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
here's a fun lil exercise for cis people: how many articles would a publication have to print calling for your extermination before you would expect people who care about you to stop giving them money? and how would you feel if their excuse for still supporting them is some fuckass crossword puzzle?
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merman hellville @seafoamghost.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
in scotland, the lockdowns were so successful we didn’t record a single death from COVID in almost six weeks over summer 2020 then Eat Out To Help Out happened
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Dan Kaszeta FRHistS @dankaszeta.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
Abolish the Home Office
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Razzball @razzball.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
He is so good at this
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Sarah Taber @sarahtaber.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
So rural employment is low-key a giant GOP patronage network. Anybody who speaks out against GOP politics stays unemployed! And/or has to leave! THAT is the real secret to GOP dominance in rural areas. It's not "messaging." It's gatekeeping livelihoods.
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EMILY WILSON @emilyrcwilson.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
No professional accomplishment has ever made me happier than this. theonion.com/translator-o...
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Translator Of Original ‘Minions’ Epic Poem Slams ‘Sexless, Bloodless’ Film Adaptation
PHILADELPHIA—In a 4,500-word essay published in Harper’s Magazine, Emily Wilson, known for her popular translation of the Minions epic poem, blasted the latest film Thursday as a “sexless, bloodless” ...
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Shematologist, MD @shematologist.medsky.social · 30/07/2026
Back in 2020, as a pediatric hematologist married to a physician, we signed up to volunteer in a field hospital for patients with COVID. We wrote our wills and worried about getting our kids sick. I posted about terrifying outcomes in kids and received death threats. Fauci is a goddamn hero.
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