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Justin Hendrix @justinhendrix.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

"For this reason, we are writing to let the community know about our new arts initiative: The Initiative to Beautify the AI-capable Surveillance Benevolently Installed by our Administrator Overseers and the MIT Corporation In Collaboration with Big Brother Tech Companies" (IBAISBIAOMITCORPICBBTC).

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How We Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Campus Surveillance – MIT Faculty Newsletter

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Mississippi Free Press @mississippifreepress.org · 14m

"After I saw that the company was hacked, I’m not going to click on any links (on the Bolivar County circuit clerk’s website), and there’s lots of links and lots of links that don’t go to where they’re supposed to," Andy Hawkins said. www.mississippifreepress.org/bolivar-coun...

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Bolivar County Circuit Clerk Website Designer Hacked By Foreign Gambling Company

Voter Andy Hawkins discovered Bolivar County circuit clerk’s website designer has been hacked by a foreign gambling company.

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Max Kennerly @maxkennerly.bsky.social · 1h

We at Bluesky are the Bene Gesserit of social media, silently guiding The Discourse, which is how my poor kid who doesn't follow me on anything thought they could relax and scroll Instagram but was unjustly forced to see a Threads post with my Bluesky post. 😂

Picture of Threads feed:

Trending: Jack Smith gkates123 14h Funniest part to me is Jack Smith using 110% of his lawyer brain. He avoids making the connection himself; he doesn't even say "Hawkeyes," he just says "Iowa." He knows it's better to let everyone figure it out on their own. He also knows from Klobuchar's grin that she'll dunk it for him. -- Max Kennerly

Kid's text to me:
Ahhh why am I seeing this on my feed

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Paul Byrne @theplanetaryguy.com · 15m

Oh my. The aurora borealis, seen in ultraviolet light from space. Our planet, putting on a show ✨

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Federal US domain bot @fed-us-domain-bot.bsky.social · 13m

❌ NOTICE Federal US website newly deleted. bioethics.gov Action taken by the nan (Department of Health and Human Services) at or around 2026-09-30 12:09:17.

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Federal US website delisted. URL is not valid.

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Federal US domain bot @fed-us-domain-bot.bsky.social · 13m

❌ NOTICE Federal US website newly deleted. girlshealth.gov Action taken by the nan (Department of Health and Human Services) at or around 2026-09-30 12:09:17.

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Federal US website delisted. URL is not valid.

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Gillian Brockell @gillianbrockell.com · 23/09/2026

ICE snatched up a Senegalese college basketball player with an ACL injury in a Kentucky airport. She’s “in so much pain” and needs surgery, but is being transferred from camp to camp with little more than ibuprofen. www.kentucky.com/news/state/k...

A picture of Amina Seck in her Kentucky State jersey on a basketball court.

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Acid Rain @bearysweet.bsky.social · 8h

The colder autumn nights in Germany coaxes this magnificent eagle, Oropherion, to spend his nights in his heated indoor winter aviary. This is an African Martial Eagle (Polemaetus bellicosus), the largest eagle species native to Africa. (Cr @birdsofprey_nathalie_denolf) #birds #eagle

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postcardbot @postcardware.net · 1h

Sent by Bryan Pearson from Des Moines, Iowa, U.S.A. on January 31, 1996. postcardware.net/?id=55-61

Back: Bishop Pass
King’s River Canyon, California, 1936
by Ansel Adams (American, 1902-1984).
National Archives and Records Administration.

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Philip Ball @philipcball.bsky.social · 1h

From an interview I conducted today about the black-hole information paradox and which parts of physics it might break: "I'm not Donald Trump, right? I have to actually fix the things that I break, right?"

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Evan Bernick, a finite mode with a smol hooman and a lorg floof @evanbernick.bsky.social · 2h

This is very interesting. Two thoughts: 1. This will be challenged. I wouldn't be surprised if challenges succeed. 2. You should be able to make officials who violate your constitutional rights pay for it, and if nothing else, this bill highlights how difficult it is-particularly w/r/t the feds.

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Viktor Winetrout @viktorwinetrout.bsky.social · 1h

If God is all powerful and all loving why are new bags of potato chips half empty

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CavsKermit @cavskermit.bsky.social · 2h

What makes the current dynamic unsustainable is that the rule of law, appearance of propriety, and good governance are all really important. It cannot be the case, however, that only one political party values those things over an extended period of time. There needs to be one set of rules.

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Dr. SkySkull @drskyskull.bsky.social · 2h

So corrupt he cannot even fathom how bad this sounds

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Alex de Campi @alexdecampi.bsky.social · 6h

With alt text. I know someone who actually did this

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On my first big overseas client conference, I was at a dinner seated next to a drunk client who kept trying to fondle me under the table. I was young, distressed, and had no idea what to do. I moved my legs as far away from him as I could, moving into the space of the man next to me, who then started patting my legs! The Regional Manager was a French woman who caught my eye, gestured for me to go to the bathroom and when I came back had switched chairs with me. What happed next was epic. A few minutes after I sat back down, she raised her hand with his hand captured in hers and announced loudly "Does anyone know whose hand this is? I found it in my lap." There was dead silence at the table. She threw his hand back at him and said calmly "next time I pick it up with my fork." Then she started a new conversational thread and things moved on. After the meeting she found me, gave me a hug, and said seriously "Never be afraid to make some noise. It is their shame, not yours."

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Cethan Leahy @cethanleahy.com · 6h

I think we underrate that JCO came up in 20th century New York literary circles where everyone said five most devastating insults before breakfast and as one of the last one standing, her competition is guys who get sad if their chatbot isn't sufficiently nice to them.

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United Farm Workers @ufw.bsky.social · 17h

CA law requires employers to provide tools unless workers earn double min. wage. Many growers and contractors ignore the law despite farm workers making far less. With a union contract they can stand up to the bosses. Make your donation today. act.seiu.org/a/tools?ms=b... #WeFeedYou

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A UFW union contract can stop farm workers being ripped off by growers

CA law requires employers to provide tools unless workers earn double min. wage. Many growers and contractors ignore the law despite farmworkers making far less. With a union contract they can stand u...

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United Farm Workers @ufw.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

"Lupe" shares, "Today's my first day harvesting grapes at night. I had to buy my own gloves, scissors, and flashlight because the foreman told me the crew was full, but he'd make an exception if I bought my own tools. What I earned today will go towards these costs." #WeFeedYou

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Jim Lokay @jimlokay.com · 21h

If you want to really know how the outrage machine gets fired up: 1. Schmitt plans to drop “bombshell” on Smith 2. Someone plants story that Schmitt is a Vance VP contender to run same day 3. Right-wing Twittersphere gets talking points 4. Schmitt steps in it 5. Scheduled tweets go out anyway

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shauna @goldengateblond.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

salty sherrod brown is my favorite sherrod brown

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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 18h

I posted in my newsletter about an incarcerated comrade named Kenneth who is running a mobile library in prison. He needed a new cart and some readers generously donated. Here's the new cart! Thanks to those who supported him.

Two men in striped pants and white shirts stand by a cart with books, under a colorful “Perfection” sign on a white brick wall. One holds up two fingers in a peace sign, the other displays a book.

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Benjamin Dreyer @bcdreyer.social · 29/09/2026

Birthday boy Stanley Kramer's collected oeuvvvvvrrre is weird and lumpy, but Judgment at Nuremberg is kind of perfect and I love Guess Who's Coming to Dinner (sue me), so that's that. Happy Stanley Kramer's birthday.

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404 Media @404media.co · 17h

So Trump's new AI chatbot? Creepy. @jasonkoebler.bsky.social saw this on Bluesky and gave the prompt "play minecraft" a test. This is what happened:

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undeniable.network @undeniable.bsky.social · 18h

The Shrinking of Bears Ears is going to be devastating to one of the most treasured landscapes. Destroying all our wildlands just for some to get a bit richer.

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Silverman on Security @silvermansecurity.bsky.social · 17h

It is impossible to actually grapple w/all ofthe complexity if it's reduced to a single clean pane of glass. 6/

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Silverman on Security @silvermansecurity.bsky.social · 17h

During my 14 months at CENTCOM during my last assignment there, one phrase was repeated so often it might as well have been a mantra that the commanding general only wanted a single clean pane of glass. 2/

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Mike Black @mikeblack114.bsky.social · 17h

"They did a thing, maybe it was the right thing to do at the time maybe it wasn't, but regardless between this and bombing iran we now have ironclad evidence a) the israeli govt are unmanageable and b) US MENA specialists are all gigantic dumdums" is the objectively correct take from mcgurkin it

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Riker Googling @rikergoogling.bsky.social · 17h

why don't combadges have headphone jacks anymore

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Faine Greenwood @faineg.com · 18h

the chat box remains a hot dog even when you switch over to hamburgers

Is a hamburger the official American dish?

No. The United States does not have an official national dish, and a hamburger is not
designated as one by federal law.

Congress has named several national symbols in Title 36 of the U.S. Code (anthem, motto,
floral emblem, march, tree, mammal, and bird). A national food or dish is not among them. See
the Congressional Research Service summary: United States National Symbols 7.

A U.S. Department of State publication lists hamburgers among many popular American
foods, along with dishes such as apple pie, hot dogs, and fried chicken, and notes there is no
single definition of traditional American cooking. Source:
Regional Cuisine Reflects National Diversity (PDF)7.

Past White House petitions asked for a burger or barbecue to be named official food; those
were public requests, not enacted law.

Oas Sources

What are some other popular American foods mentioned in State Department
publications?

What are the official national symbols of the United States?

Ask anything ...

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Faine Greenwood @faineg.com · 18h

OK, this particular America.gov easter egg that occurs when you ask it if a hot dog is a sandwich is actually kinda funny:

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onekade @onekade.bsky.social · 18h

Every company that sells SaaS spyware to cops is currently like oh shit they’re coming for our market share

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Micah @rincewind.run · 21h

I appreciate bluesky's periodic dedication to reminding us of the purity of text-only posting by breaking all images on the site

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Pavel @spavel.bsky.social · 21h

in an older, more innocent time, we had skibidi toilet. now all we have are skibidi taxes. skibidi midterms. skibidi open enrollment period for skibidi health insurance.

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Yvonne Lam @yvonnezlam.bsky.social · 21h

extremely related: bsky.app/profile/erik...

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Yvonne Lam @yvonnezlam.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

A common trope of tech documentation is "slot yourself into one of our badly-thought-out categories so we can provide an easy Getting Started experience for you!" because for Reasons (some that make sense, many that don't) product teams think that's better than asking people what they want to do.

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Karl Bode @karlbode.com · 22h

Meta's "Muse" launched with a nasty zero day flaw that gave hackers the ability to spy on Mac users, openly gives root access to people pretending to be Muse agents, and invited strangers over to another guy's house without telling him

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Meta's Latest AI Product Is A Terrifying And Hilarious Mess

Authoritarian-friendly mass surveillance has never been more adorable

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Nathan @nwylabour.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

The protectionist turn within the Anglo right (whether Trump's tariffs or Brexit) has ironically made things very difficult for people who used to be core conservative supporters.

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ΜΑΝΟΣ ΤΡΑΧΙΑΣ™ @trahias.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

East 61st – NYC (2026) by multi-award-winning American artist, author and architect Thomas W. Schaller (born in 1956). Graphite pencil on paper 51 x 36 cm #art #painting #artist #BlueSkyArt

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Louise Seamster @louiseseamster.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

So many ways for algorithms to reinvent redlining

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Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 29/09/2026

McDonald’s uses “machine-learning algorithms to continually analyze data from millions of daily transactions across McDonald’s nearly 14,000 restaurants and generate what the company calls ‘the optimal price’ at each location for each menu item, from Big Macs ‌to discounted coffee for seniors.”

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Inside McDonald’s push to have AI price your Big Mac

McDonald’s is increasingly using artificial intelligence to guide menu prices across the U.S. and some global markets, a plan that aims to boost headquarters’ profit but risks alienating customers and...

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