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J.E. Turcotte, re: Valjurai @valjurai.bsky.social · 18h

Heck to lifting mango for twenty rhetoric, yo!

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Michael Scherer @michaelscherer.bsky.social · 20h

NEW: NEW: John Fetterman's fundraising firm, MissionWired, quit working for him in June. So he started offering right-wing groups like RedMajorities and TrumpTruth a hefty commission to raise him money. Even Sen. Mike Lee has joined the rush for cash. Gift link: www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...

theatlantic.com

Right-Wing Groups Are Making Money Off John Fetterman

After losing his Democratic fundraisers, the Pennsylvania senator found a new firm with MAGA-world ties.

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Michael McDonald @electproject.bsky.social · 20h

This is the way

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Subscribe to Radio Free America (link in bio) @kleinman.bsky.social · 23h

SEN. ERIC SCHMITT: Do these texts not prove that a shrimp fried this rice?

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

this really is impeachable for any president, but really grotesque coming from a regime that cut life-saving development aid because they said it was not efficient

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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 30/09/2026

‼️ Georgia Republicans are trying to pressure the state’s top election official to pursue an ill-defined voting equipment software update — weeks before the midterms. Now, they’re seeking intervention from the Trump administration. But not all Republicans are on board: demdock.com/47mlnDJ

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

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Mikiran - The Fall Damage Expert @mikiran.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Live right now! Need a nice chill day today, so we're starting off with some Woodo! Maybe some demos later?? twitch.tv/Mikiran

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TommasinaResist⚜️🦋🐈‍⬛ @tommasinaresist.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

On hidden camera, pardon brokers Jack Burkman & Jacob Wohl told a 60 Minutes source $300,000 could help a felon get a presidential pardon. Three hundred grand. Wild. When a pardon has a price tag, justice is a luxury item & you can't afford it. #TrumpsCorruptCongress #USDemocracy #Voices4Victory

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Phil Plait @philplait.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Have you ever heard of Gabriel's Horn? It's a mathematical shape, a deceptively simple "solid of revolution" that will melt your brain. It's also one of my very favorite things of all time. Oh my yes, you'll love this: badastronomy.beehiiv.com/p/a-geometri... 🧪

badastronomy.beehiiv.com

A geometric shape that will destroy your brain

Gabriel’s Horn is bizarre and literally unrealistic. It’s also super cool.

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Arienne Childrey @ari4ohio.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Pay attention Dems. Gov Beshear won twice, in a deep red state, and never threw trans people under the bus. He led with compassion rather than the fear and cowardice we've seen from some of our Ohio candidates and party leadership.

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Xela Hart @xelahart.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

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J.E. Turcotte, re: Valjurai @valjurai.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Controversial take: I want all people everywhere to be happy and healthy.

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J.E. Turcotte, re: Valjurai @valjurai.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

I definitely need a filter here to prune out the sports and the hunting.

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J.E. Turcotte, re: Valjurai @valjurai.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Humanity, as a meta-organism, needs a much more practiced and stalwart an immune system than it has developed to date.

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Qasim Rashid, Esq. @qasimrashid.com · 25/09/2026

Angie Nixon was arrested & fined $250 for protesting DeSantis' injustice. Ashley Moody worked with DeSantis to steal $10M from children who needed it for their healthcare. Florida: Elect the woman who fights power and injustice, not the one who is corrupted by it. Vote Angie Nixon for US Senate.

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J.E. Turcotte, re: Valjurai @valjurai.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

I'm not sure I dare visit the pacific northwest until it the big one is done

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J.E. Turcotte, re: Valjurai @valjurai.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

one certainty I have is that if AI and automation is going to be forced on the world, then folks' income FROM them must be measured in product ... not in hours. So far, the trend has to make surviving staff work more and produce more whilst under threat of layoff if they dare hope to be paid more

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Deanna Weiss @plscanushutup.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

OUR TAX DOLLARS ARE PAYING TO TORTURE AND IMPRISON OUR NEIGHBORS. "On a far larger scale is the use of tax dollars to pay authoritarian governments to imprison immigrants from the United States who are not their own citizens."

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J.E. Turcotte, re: Valjurai @valjurai.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

I have to wonder ... would autocracy/fascism ever arise if society didn't leave room for individuals to become too individually wealthy?

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Being Liberal ®🗽🏳️‍🌈 @beingliberal.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

They should have read history - real history.

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Dr Abeba Birhane @abeba.blacksky.app · 21/09/2026

"In a leaked document, the Irish Presidency proposes to EU Member States that the interest of OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, Meta and SpaceX to make profits should take precedence over the fundamental right to data protection" noyb.eu/en/ai-eu-mem...

noyb.eu

AI: EU Member States plan “digital expropriation” of Europeans in the interest of AI companies

In a leaked document, the Irish Presidency proposes to EU Member States that the interest of AI companies to make profits should take precedence over the fundamental rights of Europeans.

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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Protests have erupted in Austin, Texas after ICE shot 29 year old Wilber Rafael Garces Perez.

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J.E. Turcotte, re: Valjurai @valjurai.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Lysenkoism is what killed all those folks in Russia and China via famine. Folk just say 'oh, it was communism,' but that's not really the case.

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J.E. Turcotte, re: Valjurai @valjurai.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Presently making an online application to help hunt down, understand, and codify long covid variations, clusters, and denial by physicians who aren't ready or able to take the issue seriously. This'll be coming out of pocket for a bit. Considering a patreon for it.

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Sam Wang @samwang.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

LOCAL NJ DATA CENTER ALERT: A new data center proposed in South Brunswick/Princeton. On Wednesday September 23 at 5:30pm, come make public comment on what you think of this massive plan. kingstongreenways.org

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Smooth Dunk @smoothdunk2.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

when ai leaves u behind

7 panel comic.

Panel 1:
A Red Guy with AI across his chest looks like he’s about to run away. A Yellow Guy stands next to him. Red Guy says “I’m the future, buddy. You comin’?”
Yellow Guy replies “Nah”

Panel 2:
Red Guy is almost out of the panel. He leans in and says “Enjoy getting left behind, pal”
Yellow Guy replies “ok”

Panel 3:
Yellow Guy stands alone.

Panel 4:
Close up on Yellow Guy, there is a quiet “huff-huff-huff” noise coming from behind him

Panel 5:
Yellow Guy turns to look behind him

Panel 6:
Close up on Yellow Guy’s face as if from the point of view of an attacker.
Yellow Guy yells “Jesus Christ”

Panel 7:
AI Red Guy is now chasing the Yellow Guy.
Red Guy: “Use me”
Yellow Guy “No”
Red Guy “USE ME”

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Steve M. @stevemnomoremister.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

He's really good at this.

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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

A massive group of demonstrators is currently forming a human chain around the Kennedy Center following Trump’s threats against it

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J.E. Turcotte, re: Valjurai @valjurai.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

bet they ain't asking their data center customers to do that

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James Fallows @jfallows.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

People of DC (and the country): Let's be prepared to be out there surrounding the Kennedy Center, "tank-man" style.

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

* VIRGINIA GOVERNOR SAYS STATE IS BANNING NON-DISCLOSURE AGREEMENTS FOR DATA CENTERS, REQUIRING STRICTER PERMITTING AND CLEAN ENERGY MANDATES FOR THE SERVER WAREHOUSES @reuters.com

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 03/05/2025

What a line from Warren Buffett this morning: “Be kind, and the world is better off. I'm not sure that the world will be better off if I'm richer." [applause] 🙏🏼

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Claude Taylor @realclaudetaylor.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Damn you, Biden.

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Martha Crawford @whatashrinkthinks.com · 17/09/2026

It is important to name evil This is evil. This is the evil that underlies all supremacy

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Elizabeth Cronise McLaughlin @ecmclaughlin.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

OMG this is real. All my musician followers, this is the chance of a lifetime to tell Ed Sheeran what you think of his "neutrality." Have at it.

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Trump's attacks on US higher ed, and Chinese scholars in particular, has been a gift to China's efforts to surge past the US on science and innovation. One report from Renmin University summed it up: "Thank Trump." 🧵 donmoynihan.substack.com/p/china-than...

donmoynihan.substack.com

China: “Thank Trump”

The big winner of Trump’s assault on higher ed is America’s chief geopolitical rival

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🗽LOLGOP🗽 @lolgop.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

I'm not sure which is harder. Getting the right to face climate change. Or getting the left to stop spreading the right's frames.

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J.E. Turcotte, re: Valjurai @valjurai.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

I will be impressed with a billionaire only when they give up their billions for the sake of people they'll never know.

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Being Liberal ®🗽🏳️‍🌈 @beingliberal.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Gibney pulls no punches, neither in the documentary nor in interviews about it, in which he’s called Musk’s power and influence “extremely dangerous to world democracy.” belib.org/musk-by-gibney

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jmorr.bsky.social @jmorr.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Yes, yes, the state of California is definitely taking children away from their parents if they don't agree with "the pronouns the schools chooses for your kids," yes, that is an entire string of events that definitely happened. It's cool how a US Senator can just spread insane lies on TV.

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AnniesHijynx @annieshijynx.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

We now have a microwave that works and a toaster oven. My issue still is we need a bit of help with food. I need chicken in a can, bread, cereal, milk, things I can heat up in the microwave and the toaster oven. Just things to get us through till we can get a stove.

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Status @status.news · 11/09/2026

The newspaper chain gutted newsrooms from Miami to Sacramento in what staffers told us was a haphazard, painful bloodletting. One editor said the cuts amounted to “slicing out” the “vital organs” of the company. Details in @status.news: www.status.news/p/mcclatchy-...

status.news

The McClatchy Massacre

The newspaper chain gutted newsrooms from Miami to Sacramento in what staffers told Status was a haphazard, painful bloodletting. One editor said the cuts amounted to “slicing out” the “vital organs” ...

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ElieNYC @elienyc.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Since people are noticing what Trump is trying to do with the Census, here’s what I wrote a couple of weeks ago when he first proposed it www.thenation.com/article/poli...

thenation.com

The Trump Plan to Cook the Census Books

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