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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 2h

I think that @aselrod.bsky.social is right that the attention economy does bad things to our brains, whether or not those things qualify as addiction www.liberalcurrents.com/portraits-of...

liberalcurrents.com

Portraits of an American Dopamine Eater

Our attention economy incentivizes the profane degradations of fame-seeking and celebrity culture.

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Nathan Tankus @nathantankus.bsky.social · 1h

This piece highlights something that doesn't get talked enough: Progressives should put forward a proposed set of rules for a new congress to facilitate defeating the far right and actually legislate.

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David Kuszmar @davidkuszmar.com · 3h

Why does the left image show an ice cream cone as it travels, horrifyingly whole, down the bowel?

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Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 3h

It’s not a big deal at all, but my state fair operators have demolished the food stands that make the fair a fair and replaced it with a big grey box that will have a food hall. At this point, just cancel fall and cancel me. nothing matters anymore.

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Dominique Baker @bakerdphd.bsky.social · 4h

This was a very good, thorough analysis

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Mike Boylan-Kolchin @mbkplus.bsky.social · 5h

I'm not what you'd describe as a religious type, but these days I'm constantly wondering if we have a 40 day flood in our immediate future.

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Lisa Diedrich @lisadiedrich.bsky.social · 5h

Yes. I keep thinking about the phrase "rights stripping," which Judith Butler used in a talk at the New School in May, to capture a key element of the techno-fascist political project.

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This skeet will self destruct @pardoguerra.bsky.social · 6h

Anyone who thinks Taylor Swift could save us or mobilize collective action against climate change by tweeting while flying a private flight every other day is in no position to make sound recommendations. Heck, anyone who listens to Taylor Swift sort of falls in this category.

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Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 5h

Ten years and I have never taught THICK, which means I have never taught the class I want to teach. We may be close to pulling this off thanks to my friends in creative writing. Fingers crossed.

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Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 6h

Eventually loved him down but the Thriller video scared the shit out of me.

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Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 6h

The thing is when you come behind me to explain to me what *I* just said but in your own words, I’m not sure what to do with that.

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Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 7h

It’s just that it’s taking everyone too long to catch up and I try to be patient but I’m tired.

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David Lebo @leboism.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

For those not following NJ politics, please know that the Lt Gov resigned a few days ago because a report came out saying he did serial harassment, and yesterday he went on TV to say "i put that report through multiple AIs and they told me it wasn't sexual harassment." Former university president

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Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 8h

Stabs this whole interview with a copy of The Caliban and The Witch.

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Erin Okuno @thiserin.bsky.social · 13h

"Librarians are defenders of democracy. We’re defenders of the freedom to read. We’re protectors of patron privacy. Libraries are one of the few places in this surveillance economy that are not trying to collect and sell your data." www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

nytimes.com

Forget the Shushing. Librarians Have a Whole Lot to Say. (Gift Article)

We asked dozens of them about America’s libraries — what they provide, what they need to survive. Here’s what they told us.

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Gillian Branstetter @gbbranstetter.bsky.social · 21h

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David M. Perry @lollardfish.bsky.social · 21h

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mcc @dryad.technology · 21h

Have you noticed, lately, or noticed people around you commenting, that there just seems to be no money anymore. There's no money for companies to make the tv shows you like, the video games you like, the local diner you like shut down, no one you know can find a job. Think about that in context of

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Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 8h

Oh my I remember these. I believe I had one lol

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Amanda Marcotte @amandamarcotte.bsky.social · 8h

He brushes it off, but that only makes him more charming: Jon Ossoff has sex appeal. To judge by the thirst edits out there of him, lots of it. You can say this shouldn't matter, but it does. If he's up against JD or Rubio in 2028, it will matter a lot. www.salon.com/2026/10/05/j...

salon.com

Jon Ossoff's not-so-secret weapon against JD Vance and Marco Rubio

The rising Democratic star has what his GOP opponents lack: old-fashioned sex appeal

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OrangeSky @spacetalk.bsky.social · 16h

The entire and complete reason why Every Investment Dollar is getting poured into this genAI shit is so that they no longer have to care what you think about it Your labor isn't needed, your spending isn't needed, your vote isn't needed, and neither is your life. They want you as vermin.

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Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 8h

Its not quite time to really tell people what’s happening, plainly, because they’re still caught in the midterms fever but someone credible has to emerge soon to do it or it’s a wrap.

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Justin Hendrix @justinhendrix.bsky.social · 9h

"DHS agents not only tracked and intimidated people observing ICE activity in Maine, but stored information about them in a Palantir-built database, newly unsealed court filings say."

wired.com

ICE Has Been Dumping Protester Photos Into a Palantir Database

DHS agents not only tracked and intimidated people observing ICE activity in Maine, but stored information about them in a Palantir-built database, newly unsealed court filings say.

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Lisa Needham @snipy.bsky.social · 19h

To be scrupulously fair to Alito, he doesn't really believe women are people, so I guess it isn't surprising that he doesn't think they have concrete reliance interests.

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onion person @junlper.beer · 20h

bleak future ahead for brazil. something must be done with the growing global fascistic movement if we want any future worth anything

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Mrs. Detective PikaBOO, Esq. @clapifyoulikeme.favrd.social · 20h

On the one hand, it’s comforting to know that Americans aren’t uniquely stupid, voters everywhere have skulls filled with mush and worms. On the other hand, global fascism is probably not an ideal state of affairs.

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Timnit Gebru @timnitgebru.blacksky.app · 22h

Your favorite Anthropic so-called "whistleblower" said that the rationalists have "specialized minds" that allow them to see that the end is about to be brought on to us by a magical machine god. Parroting the cult leader (of the rationalists, the R in TESCREAL) who says the same about himself.

His autobiography even opens with a parable: as a small child he threw his favorite squirtgun off a third-floor balcony rather than accept that his mother could lend out what was his, and felt complete when he heard it hit the pavement. He goes on to describes himself as a specialist in the technological transformation of the human species, one of the few people alive with the standing to steer it. He identifies with Buffy the Vampire Slayer, the one person who sees the danger clearly and has to act while everyone else gets on with ordinary life.

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Anna Kornbluh @annakornbluh.bsky.social · 18h

we need the longest long form journalism ethnographing these practices. they're an entire alternative economic value system. no money changes hands, infinite libiidnal energy and time go in to documenting, comms, innoculating owner against waste, ensuring the recipient gets off. good bananas.

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Nicole Bedera @nbedera.bsky.social · 20h

Whenever I see a current or former university president in the news for sexual misconduct, I think of this chart from 2015. (ABC seems to have pulled down the original Five Thirty Eight article, but here’s a Feministing blog about it.)

feministing.com

Chart of the Day: College presidents think rape is only a problem at other schools

According to Inside Higher Ed’s annual survey, US college and university presidents demonstrate some very wishful thinking when it comes to sexual assault. While about a third believe that it is preva...

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Candice Frederick @candicefrederick.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

We asked dozens of librarians about America’s libraries — what they provide, what they need to survive. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

nytimes.com

Forget the Shushing. Librarians Have a Whole Lot to Say.

We asked dozens of them about America’s libraries — what they provide, what they need to survive. Here’s what they told us.

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Brie @brielikethechhes.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Plum and cranberry cake waiting for the oven to pre- heat

Round cake pan greased and floured
Folled with yellow cake batter and topped with macerated plum halves and cranberries

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Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 22h

“I don’t know the brands. The people are so weird. I’m never going to Whole Foods again!” My partner having a rough day.

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alix e. harrow @alixeharrow.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

10yo asked what i did at the festival and i said oh it's a book festival, so i just talked about my books, and he said "yikes" under his breath

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Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 22h

This is all the internet was ever supposed to be. This and maybe a little billpay. youtube.com/shorts/hRiKM...

youtube.com

Miyu Jackson 🌟 at JOAT

YouTube video by stance

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Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 23h

“…this idea that abuse can be mitigated if there are ‘guardrails’ in place is like saying stalking can be mitigated if there are guardrails on the stalker without actually criminalizing the stalking.”

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Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Yeah that’s the thing. What on my list of to-dos should I not do so that I can instead have a civility lunch with someone? My nails? My writing? My research? My family? The groceries? Dinner? The laundry? Then i realize they got Beyonce’s 24 hours without Beyonce’s effort.

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Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

I’ve seen dunks on this, pro and con. Both are fine, whatever. I’m just out here to say that I can’t imagine having this kind of free time to leisurely pursue one-on-ones to preserve the culture of civility or what have you. That is all.

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Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Country rube stuff 101: if they talk fast, they got their hands in your pocket.

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Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

I watched it closely because I thought it would tell me where we were. And it did. And no you don’t want to know.

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Dominique Baker @bakerdphd.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

That this is *not* the trust that has been broken astounds me. I gave feedback earlier this year on some restoring trust projects. I mentioned Cornell's president hitting a student and alum with apparently little regret as the type of damage these projects need to care about. Elite impunity matters.

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Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Please, for the love of God, leave me behind with all the books because you don’t read. I want to be left behind!

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Schooley @schooley.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Sometimes I think about how the last ten years started as a publicity stunt for a fading reality show that went sideways.

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Alex Hanna @alexhanna.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Still watching The Pitt. The medical procedural as copaganda, and so on and so on

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Brant Reeves @bireeves95.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

It’s not nearly as advanced as they want you to think….

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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

The founder of a popular Kentucky bourbon brand has been removed as CEO of the Kentucky Castle after allegations that he secretly filmed people — including family members — having sex

kentucky.com

Kentucky Castle parent company removes CEO after allegations he secretly filmed sex acts

The parent company of The Kentucky Castle and True Story Whiskey terminated the employment of CEO Wes Henderson, effective immediately.

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K.C. Clyburn, Author @kccomplainsalot.blacksky.app · 04/10/2026

chris rock hasn't been For the Culture basically ever and got his first consequence for being a raggedy asshole and the white people who have upheld him as a pinnacle of Blackness lost their minds at the thought of consequences for him being shitty and i think those two things are linked.

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Slander is spoken; libel is written. But this isn't either of those. It's detailed reporting from a respected outlet with damning evidence. And "most consequential Commerce Secretary in modern history" is as impressive as "shortest NBA player from Luxembourg"

Speaking on behalf of Lutnick, the White House said: "The BBC's pathetic and desperate attempt to slander Secretary Lutnick will do nothing to change the fact that he has been the most consequential Commerce Secretary in modern history."

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