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Undue Effluence

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“We can disagree and still love each other unless your disagreement is rooted in my oppression and denial of my humanity and right to exist.” - James Baldwin

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Faine Greenwood @faineg.com · 25/09/2026
Imagine if instead of regulating drone risks the normal way (which we did), we instead paid weird bloggers lots of money to worry about superintelligent dogs sprouting thumbs and using drones to kill us. This is pretty much how the US is approaching AI risks and regulations. My latest:
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Why We Can't Let Enormous Weirdos Regulate AI
Imagine if instead of regulating drones via the standard lengthy, boring, and bureaucratic process - which we did - we instead decided, in the name of fostering all-important American drone innovation...
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Mark Grimshaw @markgrimshawtism.bsky.social · 2h
Donald Trump posted on Truth Social calling Dr Annie Andrews a transphobic slur this week, and her response is to ensure everyone knows she hates trans people too. Christ, the Democrats are fucking pathetic.
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Undue Effluence @undueeffluence.bsky.social · 20h
Does Amazon know about my flat buttocks? Does it now?
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rax ‘levon honkers’ king @raxkingisdead.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
gregor samsa awoke one morning to discover he had been transformed into a sickass beetle. fuck yeah he said scuttling all over the walls and ceiling like no dumbfuck traveling salesman could ever do. this is the best day of my life he said
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Ricky Davila @therickydavila.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
The MAGA regime recently killed the largest ancient 250 year old “Grandmother” Cottonwood tree in Arizona’s indigenous territory just to expand the orange felon’s fucking wall. I’ll never forgive anyone who chose this evil.
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Khashoggi's Ghost @urocklive1.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Here I thought giving everyone the right to marry who they want turned us toward religious liberty. Apparently other people's relationships infringe on Sam's religious liberty, and that is just as disingenuous as all his other terrible opinions.
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Undue Effluence @undueeffluence.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
“Most people are taken aback by the details of this case. Here’s what I see.” Summarizes this take perfectly.
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Dexerto @dexerto.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Viral Steam game Dressmaker was created after the developer’s wife lost her ability to sew due to a medical condition He helped turn her hobby into Dressmaker so she could reconnect with it virtually
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
One of these was literally a Trump 2024 campaign ad. The only difference is that it now says "paid for by the US government"
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Nicole Bedera @nbedera.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Earlier this week, I agreed to interviews with two USA Today journalists. They wrote fantastic articles about the Cornell case that I'm proud to have been a part of. What I did not know is that their employer considers interviews to proprietary and opens up recordings to be used by any journalist.
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 03/10/2026
A studio promising “art so epic it will raise the birthrate” gifted a huge bronze Prometheus to Musk’s Starbase.
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Elon's fans erect 50-foot statue outside his company town
A studio promising "art so epic it will raise the birthrate" gifted a huge bronze Prometheus to Musk's Starbase.
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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Beyond the horrifying reality that a hospital is trying to "clear the pentobarbital from [Christa Pike's] system" currently, the litigation over Tennessee's actions this week will shine a very clear light on the many, many reasons why governments should not be trusted with killing their citizens.
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Undue Effluence @undueeffluence.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Being evil is overrated
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Parkscope Joe @parkscopejoe.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
This is insane.
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NEW: According to a bombshell report in the New York Times, Anthropic co-founder Chris Olah threatened to walk out of Pope Leo XIV's Al encyclical launch in May because the pope rejected the idea that machines can be conscious.
Olah's team then privately lobbied the pope's advisers "to take the possibility of model consciousness seriously." Pope Leo XIV held firm.
For months, Anthropic has wined and dined theologians and religious scholars under nondisclosure agreements, hoping they would bless the idea that Claude has moral standing.
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Undue Effluence @undueeffluence.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Remember when we were bent about those we felt were misusing “literally”? I want to have room for triviality again.
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Undue Effluence @undueeffluence.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
If you’re okay with capital punishment, I am not okay with you
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Undue Effluence @undueeffluence.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Cue Trump comparing himself to “SI”
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Bethany Black @bethanyblack.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Really need tech reporters to stop being credulous to the “Our biggest weakness? Maybe our AI is TOO powerful.” It’s already fucking the economy and environment and being used to murder people in Palestine, but the ol “don’t look at the man behind the curtain” routine works on Tech journalists
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Undue Effluence @undueeffluence.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Being left handed is an epidemic
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Undue Effluence @undueeffluence.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
The family that locked me in the attic until I pissed myself? But hey, I could hear them laughing downstairs so maybe I should lighten up too?
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Mark Harris @markharris.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Try to live the kind of life that will make war criminals hate you.
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Undue Effluence @undueeffluence.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
My first game was a Berserk style robot shooter in ASCII on my friend’s dad’s work computer which was a near fridge sized unit with a reel to reel tape and a separate floor standing enclosure, bright blue, with a small screen and keyboard built into the angular facade. Many games followed:
A nine game sampler of those that shaped me:
- Pong
- Ultima 1
- Sim City
- Red Baron
- The Sims
- Halo
- Chrome Hounds
- Skyrim 
- Dark Souls
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Anonymous @youranonjd.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Imagine being so fucking stupid that predatory billionaires have convinced you that healthcare and a living wage are communism.
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womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
“We have to free half of the human race, the women, so that they can help to free the other half.” - Emmeline Pankhurst. UK suffragette arrested, 1914 #womensart #Tuesday
Monochrome photograph featuring a white woman being carried by a policeman as other men crowd around
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Katie Phang @katiephang.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Perpetually “concerned” Susan Collins should be VERY concerned by the latest reporting from ProPublica, revealing her involvement in an alleged bribery/pay to play scheme of awarding defense contracts to a specific firm right after that company made campaign “donations." youtu.be/f2fFlCPjKnk?...
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GOP Senator CAUGHT RED-HANDED In MASSIVE BRIBERY SCHEME Probe!?!
YouTube video by Katie Phang
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Donald Trump getting up in front of the UN, bragging about how great America and Trump are with lies, and telling them their countries are going to Hell—What an excellent way to dispel the USA's international reputation for being a nation of loud, poorly mannered, aggressive braggarts.
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Dan Froomkin/Press Watch/Heads Up News @froomkin.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Trump just told the UN proudly that "to the victor belongs the spoils." That is a barbaric, zero-sum view of power that celebrates conquest over cooperation. It is incompatible and the diametric opposite of why the United Nations was created and exists today. In other words, classic Trump.
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
The United States, which once freed prisoners from Germany's concentration camps, is now siding with the war criminals—and obstructing those who would hold them into account. Shameful—if this administration had any shame.
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US prepares to sanction the ICC, that indicted Russia's Putin and Israel's Netanyahu for war crimes
Trump is preparing sanctions against the International Criminal Court itself, potentially cutting it off from U.S. banking, technology and services. The US has already sanctioned 13 ICC officials and ...
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By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 22/09/2026
Today's threads (a thread) Inside: Bonta sold us out to Trump's oligarchs; and more! Archived at: pluralistic.net/2026/09/22/h... #Pluralistic 1/

The Warner Brothers tower. It has been tinted orange and is leaning at a 30-40' angle. It is surmounted by Trump's hair. The tower is wavering. The background is ominous, red-tinged clouds, through which peek a marching army of banner-waving demons.

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Undue Effluence @undueeffluence.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
The same day I cut Kalameet’s tail, I got intimidated by the requirements of Stardew Valley. Kinda makes sense if you know me. #DarkSouls
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Undue Effluence @undueeffluence.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
9 games is not enough
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Undue Effluence @undueeffluence.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
I need more than 9 slots, but My 9 games #My9Games my9games.net/en/share/af0...
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My 9 Games | Shared games picks
A shared 9-panel games collage.
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Undue Effluence @undueeffluence.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Does hind brain taste different?
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Undue Effluence @undueeffluence.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Some dude is already typing “I’m a hind brain guy” into his dating profile
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 17/09/2026
RFK Jr: "We are also looking at chemtrails"
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artnau @artnau.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Hugger, 2025 by Jakob Grosse-Ophoff www.instagram.com/ja.ko.mo/
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Jack Hopkins-The Original @therealjackhopkins.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
What does a sniper position at Memorial Circle actually defend against? Not China. Not a submarine. Not a missile. It overlooks a bridge, a traffic circle, and the front door of the National Mall. Those are places where Americans march. www.jackhopkinsnow.com
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Anonymous @youranoncentral.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
There has been more energy in the US to disrupt or cancel an Ed Sheeran concert than the multiple visits Netanyahu has made to the US.
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The Onion @theonion.com · 18/09/2026
“This is, uh, Jimmy and his songwriting partner, Freddie.” — Ed Sheeran
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Barefoot Ed Sheeran Introduces Sock Puppets That Will Open For Him On Tour
PHILADELPHIA—Shambling barefoot into a press conference to promote his next show, English artist Ed Sheeran introduced reporters Thursday to the sock puppets he had booked to open for him on his stadi...
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Tyler King @tyleraking.com · 17/09/2026
“A senior executive at Microsoft said A.I. systems built on the work of others will be seen as ‘an astonishing theft of unprecedented proportions’ and possibly the greatest robbery of labor in human history, according to court documents unredacted Thursday in an ongoing Manhattan lawsuit.”
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Docs in A.I. copyright suit reveal startling admission by Microsoft exec over ‘astonishing theft’
The admission appeared in a newly unredacted filing in the landmark copyright infringement legal battle playing out between newspapers like the Orlando Sentinel and tech companies Microsoft and OpenAI...
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Pookleblinky @pookleblinky.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
The thing about trying not to pick a side is that the nazis *instantly recognize* which side you picked. They immediately identify you as an ally. They know exactly what side you're on. It doesn't fool the victims, it doesn't fool the Nazis, the only people it could possibly fool is centrists.
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Hell-a Bambust 🏳️‍⚧️ (alleged transsexual)(spooky) @ela-bambust.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
oh to be a creature splish splashing in the mud
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Dan Whitehead @danwhitehead.net · 10/09/2026
The fact we have an executive class that doesn't know what to do with the Looney Tunes or The Muppets really sums up what a joyless, barren world they inhabit.
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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 09/09/2026
Equality Orgs are struggling to decide how to handle anti-transgender Democrats. Equality Ohio and HRC have endorsed anti-trans candidates, exposing fault lines over how equality orgs fight for trans people. They confirm they refuse to pull their endorsements. Subscribe to support our journalism.
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Equality Organizations Struggle Over How To Handle Anti-Trans Democrat Endorsements
Equality Ohio gives Amy Acton a B after calling trans women men. HRC endorses multiple Democratic candidates who have taken major anti-trans votes. EITM investigates.
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
There have been so many impeachable offenses, but lying about how you were a hero on a day that 2,753 people died in NYC in the 9/11 disaster—when you were on the other side of town, safely calling local media to brag about how you now had the tallest downtown building—is such a despicable one
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Karl Bode @karlbode.com · 08/09/2026
Paramount is using a fake public interest group named "Neighbors For Strong Communities" to create bogus, AI-generated support for the company's $111 billion merger
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I Typed ‘Block the Merger.’ AI Revised it to ‘Drop Your Opposition.’
An AI assisted generator dramatically altered my statement before my own eyes.
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tekla 💜✨ @tekla.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Me and many of my brilliant, hardworking colleagues are facing layoffs at the end of this month. if you want to support our union and its members in this tough time, you can do so here: www.gofundme.com/f/support-ad...
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Donate to Support Advocates for Trans Equality workers facing layoff, organized by Gabriel Arkles
Advocates for Trans Equality is on the brink of layoffs. Thos… Gabriel Arkles needs your support for Support Advocates for Trans Equality workers facing layoff
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Matthew Terrill @matthewterrill.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Very sad & troubled to see Director Bunch forced out amidst the ongoing racist purge. Threatening to prevent the Smithsonian's museums from lending objects to and from peer museums seems to have been the breaking point. Escalates the growing danger to museums and nonprofits more widely.
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Undue Effluence @undueeffluence.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Epi Pen recall of all things www.instagram.com/reel/Dc95i-U...
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Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
This is shameful discriminatory and misogynistic reporting. People aren’t choosing disability to be “cool”. Young women don’t have to “prove” to you that they’re sick. Disability rates are skyrocketing because we’ve left a disabling virus rip through the population for over 6 years.
Photo from the telegraph. Red background with a roll of wheelchair stickers on white paper. Text reads “how having a disability became cool”
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