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ProPublica @propublica.org · 04/10/2026

Of all the politicians Navatek’s CEO courted, Susan Collins was its most important patron. The senator’s office steered federal contracts worth millions toward the company while her campaign was pumping its CEO and his network for donations. www.youtube.com/watch?v=jqyiFFB7Kjg

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We Uncovered Bribery Allegations Against Susan Collins

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Gwen C. Katz @gwenckatz.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Things Gavin Newsom has vetoed this week: -A ban on secretly recording people with smart glasses -A ban on ICE agents working for the state government -A ban on websites selling your data -A bill giving native tribes more say over water rights -A bill protecting transgender healthcare providers

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L Faunt aka Alfred Glitchcock @llfaunt.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

hirehumanartists.com/listing/mmix/ #MMIX just got approved as a hireable artist on this site. Hell yeah! (And y'all know I and R have been doing loud advocacy along the same lines, too.) Thanks for your ongoing hard work @aimeecozza.com 🙏❤️

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Find an Artist Who Doesn't Use Generative AI | Hire Human Artists

Looking for an artist for your next project? Our human artist directory is full of over 400 artists who have pledged not to use gen AI.

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Radon Journal @radonjournal.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

🐛💻💚 Our penultimate day of author reveals is here!! RADON #14 is packed with sci-fi poetry and fiction. Today's author reveals are @marksbailen.bsky.social @ajvolante.bsky.social and @olusegunajayi.bsky.social

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Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 25/09/2026

Millions of Americans will take action on October 17 to make it clear to the regime that we won’t sit by while they threaten to sabotage the midterms. Join a No Kings event to drive massive early voting and recruit tons of volunteers to help protect our elections: www.nokings.org?SQF_SOURCE=i...

(around a map showing the more than 1,000 events planned for the next No Kings on October 17) NO KINGS
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 17
MAKE A PLAN TO VOTE EARLY!

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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

I hope 2025 & 2026 have adequately prepared everyone for the shitshow that will be 2027: Strongest El Niño and highest global temperature on record Energy and affordability crisis from the illegal war End of 3-year federal science grants awarded in 2024 AI bubble bursting Continued rise of fascism

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P.A. Cornell (She/Her) @cornellwriter.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

This is the final week this will be available on #netgalley. Get it before it’s gone!

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P.A. Cornell (She/Her) @cornellwriter.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

If you missed it…

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Clarkesworld @clarkesworldmagazine.com · 22/09/2026

Our subscription drive is still going and is now 70 new subscribers short of its goal. We had hoped to reach that in time for our 20th anniversary issue in October so we could give everyone their raises as part of that celebration. It's going to be close. clarkesworldmagazine.com/subscribe/

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Subscribe to Clarkesworld Magazine

Clarkesworld Science Fiction and Fantasy Magazine and Podcast.

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Keira Perkins @thatkeira.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Have you ever been at a concert where the music has transformed you to something else, something fierce and powerful? Remember that feeling. Hold it. Then imagine a man there that keeps grabbing you by the hips despite your “friendly” efforts to make him stop. You get to kill him in this poem.

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Radon Journal @radonjournal.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

COMING OCTOBER 1: 🌏🦠⚗️📺 Radon's fall issue with all-new science fiction! Our first day of author reveals features @ericfomley.bsky.social, Colleen Anderson, Tomias Keno, and Tyler Lemley

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Jenny M. Liu @jennymliu.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

I have a short story out today in the wonderful @strangehorizons.bsky.social!! 💐💐 It's about two ex-warbots going on a road trip. It's about how the damage is done. Grateful to @mynachang.bsky.social and everyone at Strange Horizons. 💐💐 strangehorizons.com/wordpress/fi...

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my fingers formed into guns

I killed four hundred soldier bots all vying for the same thing before I realized there was no such thing as anti-war if our invention was the solution.

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K.B. Spangler @kbspangler.com · 21/09/2026

Early voting has started in some states! Vote as early as you can. In person, if you can. Be as obnoxious as possible about spreading this message. Get everyone you know to the polls. Be That Friend but for voting.

vote.gov

Find the information you need to make registration and voting easy. Official voter registration website of the United States government.

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Lightspeed Magazine @lightspeedmagazine.com · 21/09/2026

We've reached 40% of our funding goal & we added a bunch of new add-on rewards, including signed books by Chuck Wendig, Daniel H. Wilson, Ken Liu, Paul Tremblay, Silvia Moreno-Garcia, Stephen Graham Jones, Veronica Roth, Victor LaValle, Olivie Blake, P. Djèlí Clark, Seanan McGuire & Martha Wells.

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Alan Baxter @alanbaxter.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Ways to help authors you love: - Review their books. - Share their posts. - Tell people about their books. - Learn the true name of the universe and manipulate it to make their book a bestseller. - Get your library to order in their books. - Ask local events to book them for appearances.

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Jenny Cohn @jennycohn.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

There it is. RFK Jr’s son, “Finn” Kennedy recently launched his own investment fund focused on AI in healthcare. It should surprise no one that he worked at 8VC—the investment fund launched by Peter Thiel’s Palantir co-founder (Joe Lonsdale)—in 2025. 4/24/26 … 1/ www.facebook.com/financialtim...

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US health secretary's son launches investment fund tied to health movement
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US health secretary's son launches investment fund tied to health movement
Child of Robert F Kennedy Jr seeks $100mn in capital raise...

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City Atlas @cityatlas.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Exasperating

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Hagen Blix @hagenblix.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Bonus content: Of course the rationalist AI doomer sex/death cult also has a porn-based connection to Jeffrey Epstein

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Michael E. Mann @michaelemann.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Don't be taken in by wedge issues manufactured by bad actors looking to divide us & deflect our attention from the defining issue of this election: defeating a fascist, antidemocratic, racist, misogynistic, bigoted, xenophobic, destructive Trump/GOP agenda. #VoteBlue #Midterms

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Lesley Conner @lesleyconner.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

The Apex Magazine 2027 Kickstarter is coming soon! Be sure to hit that 'Notify me on launch' button so you can be one of the first to back another year of Apex! www.kickstarter.com/projects/ape...

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Coming soon: Apex Magazine 2027

An award-winning digital literary journal of science fiction, dark fantasy, and horror.

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Clarkesworld @clarkesworldmagazine.com · 16/09/2026

We are 98 new subscribers away from our goal! clarkesworldmagazine.com/subscribe/

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Pro-Planet and Anti-Cult @proplanetanticult.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

The What if We Get It Right Podcast shared the following website as an alternative for the Carbon Footprint (made by BP🤢). The Carbon Wave instead focuses on good actions we can take to promote a healthier climate. www.thecarbonwave.com/calculator @ayanaeliza.bsky.social @leahstokes.bsky.social

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Make Your Carbon Wave — The Carbon Wave

Forget your carbon footprint. Find the actions that grow your carbon wave — and see how big it gets when people act together.

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Radon Journal @radonjournal.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

The WYRMHOLE, a terminally-online newsletter for speculative short fiction, listed Radon's Issue 13 as "The Best of August Cover Art" in their latest posting: thewyrmhole.beehiiv.com/p/the-wyrmho...

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THE WYRMHOLE (September 15, 2026)

Ft. Thank you, Dolly and Tim!

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SF & F Poetry Assn @sfpoetry.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Voting for both the Rhysling and Elgin Awards closes TODAY SFPA Members! The vote is often quite close, so get yours in 🚀 And THANK YOU for reading and voting and helping us to celebrate the best in speculative poetry 🌟

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Aimee Cozza Illustration @aimeecozza.com · 24/01/2025

I always credit the Darmine Doggy Door for getting me into I Think You Should Leave because it is the first skit I ever saw from it and it's 10/10 no notes

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Darmine Doggy Door Full Sketch | I Think You Should Leave with Tim Robinson | Netflix Is a Joke

YouTube video by Netflix Is A Joke

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ryan cooper @ryanlcooper.com · 15/09/2026

"A smarter way to respond to the latest disaster is to avoid codifying the preferences of the very companies who are generating the panic. As former Federal Trade Commission Chair Lina Khan has indicated, companies are already liable for creating dangerous products." prospect.org/2026/09/15/a...

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Congressional Democrats in Hysterics About Saving the World From AI - The American Prospect

Why panic when you could just use existing laws?

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Amy Woodson-Boulton @amywb.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Highly recommend volunteering with the @environmentalvoter.bsky.social I've signed up to phonebank to get people who care about climate change to show up to vote! @ayanaeliza.bsky.social is hosting weekly phonebanks on Wednesdays—check it out! www.environmentalvoter.org

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Environmental Voter Project

We identify inactive environmentalists and transform them into consistent voters to build the power of the environmental movement.

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Angela Liu @angelaliu.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Love seeing speculative poetry gaining more and more writers and readers. Can't wait to see more reviewers too!

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Gerald L. Coleman @geraldcoleman.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Are you an interested in poetry? Are you working on a poem? Join me for my first ever WORDSMITH POETRY WORKSHOP via Zoom on Nov. 8th at 6:30 pm! Grab your spot, or another wish/perk today! Here: fnd.us/62mtne (Please like and share to give this opportunity some visibility!) #poetry

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Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 12/09/2026

I know this'll ruffle feathers but I agree with this Food/Water watch analysis. Diverting renewable energy away from fossil phase-out and climate adaptation and towards melting graphics card to power chatbots is the formal end of moral purpose for clean technology.

Data Centers With Renewables Aren’t the Answer
So all these power plants and “temporary” turbines are raising power prices and polluting our communities. Why don’t we just power data centers with renewables?

Many data center companies are pledging to (eventually) do just that. But even if these pledges weren’t just empty greenwashing promises, powering data centers with clean energy is utterly unrealistic. It also threatens the progress of our already dangerously slow energy transition.

Continuously powering a 1 GW data center would require nearly 20,000 acres of solar panels or 185,000 acres of onshore wind power. We cannot afford to waste the time, space, or money to build renewables for Big Tech’s profit machines.

Already, data center growth is outstripping available renewable energy supply and redirecting renewables from other industries. It’s drawing urgently needed renewables from existing technologies and resources. We need to focus our renewable energy resources toward thos

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Duck AI Slop!! @duckaislop.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Steam hosted an "Ai Gaming Fest", a free block / ignore list. We've updated our mega spreadsheet too Thread of the games with NO disclosures🧵 included! store.steampowered.com/curator/4628... steamdb.info/sales/event/...

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AI Gaming Festival

Learn how AI being used to games faster than ever, and see some of the games that are being created with the technology.

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Myna Chang @mynachang.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

ICYMI!

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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

I was talking to @bobbyllew.bsky.social about communicating climate impacts, and how many scientists are hesitant to attribute what happened in Nepal and Tibet to climate change without complete evidence. He said, “Well, all that rock and ice didn’t fall down because it got colder.” *mic drop* 🫳🎤

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Ed Zitron @edzitron.com · 11/09/2026

Better Offline monologue: I run through the nonsensical, pro-AI lab scare campaign driven by a former researcher, how the media keeps falling for grifts, and how dangerous AI is already in the wrong hands - those of Anthropic and OpenAI. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/b... Linktr.ee/betteroffline

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Monologue: Jacob Coxon and the AI Safety Grift

Podcast Episode · Better Offline · September 11 · 16m

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Austin Dewar @austindewar.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

We'll be reopening for submissions Oct 1! Please check out our updated submissions guidelines:

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Six-Eyed Kitten @andrewkozma.net · 10/09/2026

I don't really write eco-fiction or hopeful stories, which might explain why I've written this story about the rich becoming food for worms.

phano.com

Wake Me When It’s Better

They’re fixing all of these big problems, aren’t they? Someone must be.

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Jeff Berardelli @weatherprof.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

It’s no contest! Comparing the Dust Bowl to Modern Warming. This summer was 2.5°F hotter globally than the summer of 1936. BUT the Dust Bowl heat was fierce and life-changing for many in the US. It’s a fascinating tale. Here’s more background on it all.

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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

PSA: Election officials in California, Oregon, Washington and elsewhere are telling voters if you can, return your ballot through an official ballot drop box rather than trusting it to the mail.

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Orion's Belt magazine @orionsbeltmagazine.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

We are currently reading for our Winter issue! ❄️☃️ And submissions will stay open until October 31! :)

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Radon Journal @radonjournal.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Radon is seeking an additional Production Editor, Marketing Editor, and First Reader. All slots at Radon are volunteer Full details and descriptions are at this CLMP link: www.clmp.org/programs-opp...

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Jobs with Publishers - Community of Literary Magazines and Presses

We list job, volunteer, internship, and fellowship openings with the independent literary magazines and publishers that are members of CLMP and other literary colleagues. If you’re a CLMP Member and y...

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A.C. Wise @acwise.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Psst! The @3lobedmag.com Kickstarter is going on right now. Help a fabulous publication continue publishing dark, weird, wonderful work! www.kickstarter.com/projects/asf...

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Three-Lobed Burning Eye magazine 2027

Publishing original horror, fantasy, and science fiction since 1999. Let’s create another year of strange and wondrous tales!

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P.A. Cornell (She/Her) @cornellwriter.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

New story day! I’m so glad I finally get to share this one.

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Six-Eyed Kitten @andrewkozma.net · 09/09/2026

My ecological sci-fi horror about fake worms rehabilitating the soil and rich people trying to avoid a poisoned Earth is now up on Phano.

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Wake Me When It’s Better

They’re fixing all of these big problems, aren’t they? Someone must be.

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Trevor A. Branch @trevorabranch.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

This is seismic news for fisheries scientists. Northern cod is *the* iconic symbol of total fisheries collapse due to overfishing (and other factors) *and* the iconic symbol of a complete failure to recover for decades afterwards. This is like announcing the complete recovery of bison on land.

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Haven Spec Magazine @havenspec.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Our ✨August 2026 issue✨ is now free to read online! In this thread are links to all of its poems and stories. Please read it and please spread the word! havenspec.com/issues/issue... 🧵

Cover of Haven Spec Magazine, Issue 25, August 2026.

Fiction in the issue is by E.M. Linden, Sydney Sackett, Carol Scheina, C.M. Fields, C.G. Aubrey, and J.A. Bryson.

Poetry in the issue is by Sarah Chin, Mahaila Smith, and Lesley Hart Gunn.

The cover art is titled "Quietness in Amber" and is by Caroline Jamhour. It features a contemplative woman, her eyes closed, standing in shoulder-deep water beside a crescent moon, her hair flowing on the water's surface.

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