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Luke BOO 👻 ber @coolhand.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

In 2012 I took a comp ling course that went deep into language models as AI. The professor dropped a quote that I think about probably once a week now: “building a computer model of language and expecting intelligence is like building a computer model of the ocean and expecting to get wet”

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 09/09/2026

Have we seriously reached the point where “there’s a greater than 10% chance this kills everybody” isn’t a stop sign, it’s merely a business risk? www.forbes.com/sites/siladi...

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Anthropic Alignment Lead Issues Warning About AI Killing Humans As Researcher Resigns

The warnings come amid a push by some AI executives for a coordinated slowdown in AI development.

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Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Vaccines really are amazing scientific accomplishments. The shingles vaccines reduces risk of heart disease. The HPV vaccine has made cervical cancer virtually obsolete. We’re close to an mRNA vaccine for pancreatic cancer. Science for the win! www.nature.com/articles/d41...

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Does the shingles vaccine cut heart-disease risk? Mounting evidence suggests a link

Large study finds that people who received the ‘recombinant’ vaccine for the viral condition had a lower risk of cardiovascular problems.

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L Thoresen @thoresenl.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

History rhymes… “The [East India] company was “a state in the disguise of a merchant,” Burke said. “The constitution of the company began in commerce and ended in empire.”” What It Took to Dismantle the Most Powerful Company in the World www.nytimes.com/2026/08/28/o...

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Opinion | What It Took to Dismantle the Most Powerful Company in the World (Gift Article)

A playbook to curb the growing power of Big Tech.

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The Contrarian @contrariannews.org · 24/08/2026

Ballroom Dancing — A cartoon by Michael de Adder

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Angus Johnston @angus.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

"Do the thing you can do instead of beating yourself up over not doing the thing you're not doing" is honestly life-changing, even life-saving, advice.

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Coach Finstock @coachfinstock.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

Not one call from a government official, the police, or hospital personnel. For a guy who was murdered in cold blood in full view of a crowd while trying to help others. Nothing will ever happen at all. The people in charge don't give one shit that this man is dead. That's so fucked and a half.

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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

"In every stage of these Oppressions We have Petitioned for Redress in the most humble terms: Our repeated Petitions have been answered only by repeated injury. A Prince, whose character is thus marked by every act which may define a Tyrant, is unfit to be the ruler of a free people."

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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

I do not think there is sufficient appreciation for how catastrophic yesterday’s decision in Slaughter is for this country. As Justice Sotomayor said in her dissent and she intoned from the bench yesterday, “today the majority reshapes our Govt.”

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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 03/06/2026

"Pelley was not uncivil. He didn’t threaten anyone. He didn’t curse or scream. He was professionally disagreeable. Which is basically the job description for journalists. It’s the job description that Weiss herself wrote. She just didn’t mean it."

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Cancel Culture at CBS News

Also: Some words of caution about Graham Platner.

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Janine Gibson @janinegibson.ft.com · 01/06/2026

“This is censorship... This is a demonstration that some of the worst abuses in our time are not confined to kings, emperors, governments … but to a class of companies that have assumed the sovereign affect, and seek to assert their power the same way that some of those despotic nation states do.”

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Meta legal action forces Facebook whistleblower to sit in silence at Hay festival

Sarah Wynn-Williams did not speak during event after lawyers warned of possible sanctions from tech firm

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Miranda Yaver @mirandayaver.bsky.social · 30/05/2026

Independent medical reviews can be really helpful (about half are successful). But must exhaust remedies within the insurer beforehand, and most people don’t do that (and some states charge!). Ex: Just 517 external appeals in PA (pop 13m) in 2024. I analyzed here: www.inquirer.com/health/healt...

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As prior authorization requirements expand, consumers need help fighting denials

Initially, prior authorization requirements were circumscribed attempts to contain healthcare costs. Yet, as they've expanded, they've impeded necessary care, especially for marginalized populations.

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Cole Haddon @colehaddon.bsky.social · 15/05/2026

“I don’t know why people expect art to make sense. They accept the fact that life doesn’t make sense.” — David Lynch

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Michael Warburton @michaelwarburton.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

“At this moment when any moment may be the last for many of us, it’s damned galling & impossibly sad that we still have among us the small, bitter people, the witch-hunters & the declaimers against reality." A 1985 letter by CHARLES BUKOWSKI on censorship.

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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 25/04/2026

Pope Leo turned the question around like the boss he is.

Screenshot of a tweet by perrito barista (@Carlitospindola), translated from Spanish, quoting Pope Leo responding to a question about migration by reframing it: "What is the global North doing to help the global South in its situation that forces them to migrate?" The embedded video shows the Pope holding a microphone aboard what appears to be a plane, with clergy visible behind him.

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Frank Amari @frankamari.bsky.social · 11/04/2026

Kurt Vonnegut died #OTD 2007.

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L Thoresen @thoresenl.bsky.social · 05/04/2026

Every human foible or failing has a cautionary lesson in Greek mythology, which resonates across millennia. This is why Prometheus was punished.

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DrDinD.bsky.social @drdind.bsky.social · 04/04/2026

🧵A data set showing the signature of human induced climate change since the industrial revolution. Cherry blossoms have been monitored in Japan for hundreds of years. Since the 1800s, they bloom earlier every year. Blossoms follow warmth after winter cold. Ht @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social

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This is my favorite climate change chart. Japanese monks, aristocrats, and emperors kept meticulous records of cherry blossom festivals for 1200 years and accidentally built the world's longest climate dataset.

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L Thoresen @thoresenl.bsky.social · 31/03/2026

Best emotional support hooman any dog ever had. ♥️♥️♥️

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L Thoresen @thoresenl.bsky.social · 31/03/2026

Keith Olbermann gets tonight’s last word ⬇️

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The Editorial Board @editorialboard.bsky.social · 31/03/2026

1. I think it's time for us to accept the bitter truth. We are going to pay, and continue paying for a long time to come, for the president’s war of choice against Iran. Such are the consequences of politics. Maybe Americans will take their democracy seriously next time.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 23/03/2026

Edward R. Murrow famously used his platform on CBS to criticize the witch hunts led by Joseph McCarthy in the 1950s. He got his start on CBS Radio, which will sadly be shut down after nearly 100 years of operation. We need more journalists holding the powerful accountable like this.

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Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 24/02/2026

"Unfortunately, while fossil capitalists may be losing, they are losing too slowly—and, crucially, slowly enough to continue making the returns they and their backers expect while cooking the planet in the process"

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Mark Histed @markhisted.org · 13/02/2026

In terms of what cures are being lost: - Epstein-Barr virus is perhaps the major trigger for multiple sclerosis - herpes simplex virus causes cold sores, genital herpes, infections in babies, deadly meningitis - shingles virus causes an intensely painful disease

"Moderna's CEO announced the company will no longer invest in new Phase 3 vaccine trials for infectious diseases: 'You cannot make a return on investment if you don't have access to the U.S. market. Vaccines for Epstein-Barr virus, herpes, and shingles have been shelved.”
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Drew Harwell @drewharwell.com · 06/02/2026

The Washington Post just laid off its entire award-winning photo team. They were our eyes in places we'll never see. It's a horrifying loss at a time when lying governments, propaganda and AI slop are on the rise.

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Jacob Soboroff @jacobsoboroff.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

Stephen Miller's attempt to pass Obama's deportation record hinges on indiscriminate street-level roundups -- not targeting "the worst of the worst" as advertised -- including kids, as we've seen in Minnesota.

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L Thoresen @thoresenl.bsky.social · 04/02/2026

Ah yes, the good old days before proportional fonts.

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Diane Ravitch🇺🇸❤️🇺🇦🗽🇨🇱🏳️‍🌈✡️🇨🇦 @dianeravitch.bsky.social · 27/01/2026

Mr. Rogers said, "Look for the helpers." Alex Pretti was a helper. ICE killed the helper.

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Daniel Bellingradt @dbellingradt.bsky.social · 25/01/2026

As a historian with a focus on the history of news media and communication: the reported news itself was/is never ‚what happened‘. It is a construction, an interpretation, a mediated version of a perceived event. And therefore news reports were always about making realities.

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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 25/01/2026

Lots of people are asking me why DOJ is leveraging the ICE deployment in Minnesota to obtain unreacted copies of the state's sensitive voter file data. I recently explained why this is the biggest legal story and may be the biggest political story of the year. Watch and share.

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WARNING: Trump’s 2026 Plan to Weaponize Your Voter Data

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BK. Titanji @boghuma.bsky.social · 25/01/2026

William Foege has died. He was a central architect of smallpox eradication, pioneering surveillance-driven ring vaccination when vaccine supply was limited. That strategy helped eliminate the deadliest human pathogen we’ve ever known. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/24/u...

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William H. Foege, Key Figure in the Eradication of Smallpox, Dies at 89

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Robert "The Bobby Yaga" McNees @mcnees.bsky.social · 23/01/2026

The first treatment for childhood leukemia, the immunosuppressant that made early organ transplants possible, the anti-viral used to treat chickenpox and shingles, an anti-malaria drug that treats pneumonia in HIV/AIDS patients, and techniques that led to AZT. 🧪 👩‍🔬 🦠

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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 17/01/2026

Make no mistake, he is justifying violence if he objects to the outcome of an election. Keep that in mind as we prepare for 2026.

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L Thoresen @thoresenl.bsky.social · 06/01/2026

Did not know that Nobel Peace Prize could be a white elephant gift exchange

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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 13/01/2026

Hey, @amyklobuchar.com and @smith.senate.gov: I'm not a senator, but if ICE thugs were rampaging through the major city in my state, I might try to impede Senate business as usual and try to bring everything to a halt until I could get answers or force some votes. open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...

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Democrats Appear Ready to Duck a Key Fight on ICE

Top Senate Democrats are focused on other priorities in the government funding fight.

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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 13/01/2026

House Judiciary Ranking Member Jamie Raskin asks Pam Bondi and Kristi Noem: "How many pardoned January 6th insurrectionists have been hired by your respective departments?" tinyurl.com/2uw598pa

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Daryl Hannah @dhlovelife.bsky.social · 12/01/2026

“Men Fear Women Will Laugh at Them; Women Fear Men Will Kill Them” Margaret Atwood

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L Thoresen @thoresenl.bsky.social · 06/01/2026

Did not know that Nobel Peace Prize could be a white elephant gift exchange

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FeistyEnglishTeacher @flower-power.bsky.social · 01/01/2026

How sad that it takes such tragedy to remind us that in the end , what really matters for all of us, is family and a life dedicated and purposefully lived for the good of others. Even a brief one .

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Opinion | Tatiana Schlossberg’s Death: ‘Inexpressibly Sad’

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The New Yorker @newyorker.com · 31/12/2025

“The biggest disappointment of 2025 may well have been not what Trump did but how so many let it happen.” @sbg1.bsky.social reviews the year in politics. newyorkermag.visitlink.me/7co9Uv

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