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Elsa @erli.bsky.social · 9h
I can't stop thinking how wrong the tech bros have understood creativity and creators. Or even just having hobbies. #erliart
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I Scare You Like Sound Dog @chadstanton.blacksky.app · 02/10/2026
This is obscene behavior in a world where millions of people are needlessly dying partially because of a lack of resources these guys are hoovering up.
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Jeff Sharlet @jeffsharlet.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
I give up. I’m moving into a cave.
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I Scare You Like Sound Dog @chadstanton.blacksky.app · 28/09/2026
“In Republican-led states like Texas and Florida, where the swell was strongest, they amplified their reach through partnerships with sheriffs and state highway patrol officers. In Democratic strongholds, they intensified their activities despite laws meant to restrict them.”
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Sarah Andersen @sarahseeandersen.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
The image is of a four panel comic.
In the first panel we see Sarah, the protagonist, next to a stick figure labeled “AI”. The stick figure says, “my outputs look just like yours now.”
The second panel zooms in on Sarah’s face. Above her we see text reading “I think”.
The third panel zooms in closer on Sarah’s face. Text above her reads “you missed”.
The fourth panel shows Sarah drawing happily in a sunlit room. The text above her reads “the point”.
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LK @lkcreations.art · 20/09/2026
MY BOOK IS OUT!! 🥷🐈‍⬛️📖 Can you spot the Cat? Vol. 1 is officially available worldwide! 🙏 My little daily drawing project is now a REAL BOOK. 56 pages and a whole lot of hidden Cats. Thank you, Catana Seekers, for everything 🫂 Get your copy → ko-fi.com/lkcreations/... Now… go find the Cat 🐈‍⬛
Photo of my book with art supplies around it. Photo of my book with art supplies around it. Photo of my opened book with art supplies around it. Photo of my opened book with art supplies around it.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
By moving to the “center,” Democrats have failed to fight the forces that led us to Donald Trump: widening inequality, economic insecurity, and the unchecked political power of corporations and the rich. Political centrism is nonsense. There is no middle ground between democracy and oligarchy.
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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
We are not living through "an authoritarian impulse," we are living through actual AUTHORITARIANISM.
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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
The old political playbook isn’t working, so we made a new one:
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Chris Kluwe @chriswarcraft.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Everyone involved in this, including the Palantir employees who built the software and the executives that sold it, need to be tried for warcrimes
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forbrukerradet.bsky.social @forbrukerradet.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Har du lagt merke til at ting døyr litt for tidleg? Det har vi òg 👀 Det er tema for vår nyeste rapport. / Ever noticed how things tend to die a little too soon? So have we 👀 That’s the topic of our latest report. Les rapporten/read our report👉forbrukerradet.no/shortlife
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Nicolas Hénin @nicolashenin.net · 17/09/2026
Nice campaign by the Norwegian Consumer Council about the declining lifespan of products. Enjoy!
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Dissent @wemustdissent.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
AI tech corporations are feigning concern for the “dangers” of AI so that they get to be the ones who write the regulations for AI and I cannot emphasis enough how bad of an idea that is. They will do nothing to address the real problems for society created by LLMs and generative images and videos.
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Abdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
My high school calculus teacher came to our event🥹 Thank you Mrs. McDonald!
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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
I see a lot of people actively losing their minds about the AI stuff and I'm honestly starting to feel bad for them. But it's blinding them to the real problems. These things are not your girlfriend, but they're probably going to smash-and-grab passwords and attack bank or government data.
The observation that the most alarmist claims about A.I.’s impact seem to come from the individuals most connected to Rationalism should anger us. This exaggerated grimness makes it easy to overlook the more immediate harms created by these technologies, such as their potential use in cybersecurity attacks, excess resource consumption, impact on our cognitive fitness, role in undermining education and amplification of soul-deadening slop.

This style of anxious talk also allows the A.I. companies to portray themselves as the reluctant “stewards” of an inevitable technology, which is a framing they can use to deflect blame for damage caused by their own products.
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Goodnews @goodnews.computer · 04/09/2026
Take a break from being depressed that everything you love is being destroyed by slop for a moment and let me tell you about the beautiful symbiotic relationship between graffiti writers, train yard workers, and model train enthusiasts.
A hand holding a model train with a replica of the same graffiti on the full scale train car behind it.A model train with two graffiti pieces on opposite sides.
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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
""What did he study? “Philosophy and theology. A teacher in high school said, there’s no money in that, and I said: ‘Sir, that’s disrespectful. That’s insulting, because not everybody’s about money.’" he's one of us!
theguardian.com
‘I don’t chase the dollar. I never did’: the astonishing hidden life of Mr T
He grew up in the ghetto, became a global superstar – then gave it all up. Why did he step away from the spotlight?
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Noah Berlatsky @nberlat.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
just a reminder that elon musk is a nazi who has put in motion an ongoing genocide against Black people, expected to kill 14 million. www.everythingishorrible.net/p/elon-musk-...
everythingishorrible.net
Elon Musk is committing a genocide
The worst is not really covered as the worst.
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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
AI is not inevitable. resistance works!
motherjones.com
Mamdani issues AI moratorium in NYC schools
Kids "need to wrestle with tough problems on their own,” New York's mayor said Wednesday.
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Dissent @wemustdissent.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Wait, that’s a real Trump quote? Yikes. I assumed it was one of those fake ragebait “meme” quotes people love spreading as a “joke”. Still not sure I can believe this is real. Thanks misinformation spreaders for making the impact of this real quote 0.
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Randall Munroe @xkcd.com · 02/09/2026
Trade xkcd.com/3290/
Comic. [Person standing holding hammer above raised knee.] PERSON: Listen up, leg. I’ve been sending you rich, oxygenated blood for years, while you send me worthless used-up blood with no oxygen. Time to teach you a lesson about not ripping me off! [caption] Tariffs
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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Moderation isn’t the answer — progressive populism is. I don’t understand how some members of my party hate the DSA and Hasan Piker more than literal white supremacists in our government. Especially if Democrats actually want to win.
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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Darth Vader spoke in favor of Flock cameras at a San Diego city council meeting yesterday
gizmodo.com
'The Emperor Is a Fan of Flock': Darth Vader Speaks at City Council Meeting
"This council was elected to serve the police, not the public," said Vader.
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Abdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Does it ever feel like you're in a cage being watched? Well, you are. By Flock cameras, thanks to Mike Rogers.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
The Democratic Party’s mega-donor class is horrified by the rising tide of progressive populism. Too bad. It's time they recognize the real choice is between democracy and tyranny, between an economy that works for all or one that works for a small sliver at the top.
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Dissent @wemustdissent.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
Artificial intelligence is smart in the same way artificial sweetener is sugar, and about as nourishing.
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David Atkins @davidoatkins.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
The full resolutions committee report can be found here. The Abolish ICE resolution was #27. I wrote two resos, one on Climate Change (22) and one on far-right media consolidation (14). drive.google.com/file/d/1RTeA...
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August 2026 Resolutions Packet.pdf
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GroovyShelly @groovyshelly.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
Democracy is not for private profit. Citizens aren't chattel. Jobs? Eliminate or pay nothing. Health care? So much easier if you'd quickly die. Education? We don't need people who think. The planet? It's ours to pillage & profit. Elections? It doesn't matter who votes, just who counts the votes.
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Cats of Yore @catsofyore.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
It's silently costing people friends and other connections, too. If I see that you are posting or reposting gen AI content I'm unlikely to say anything but I will immediately lose interest in striking up any kind of conversation, friendship, or working relationship. And I know I'm not the only one.
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NorCal Resist @norcalresist.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
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Adopt a Home Depot / Car Wash / Large Shopping Center / Other Training

Adopt a local business to help protect the safety of impacted day laborers, other workers, and community members that patron these businesses.

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Kashana @kashana.blacksky.app · 03/08/2026
We’re also funding death squads but what’s really offensive is that somewhere out there a poor person might be able to eat
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Laura Phillips @lauraphillips.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
Sir #DavidAttenborough “Things are going to get worse. This is the new extinction. We are in terrible, terrible trouble and the longer we wait to do something about it, the worse it is going to get." #ClimateEmergency
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David Attenborough, the voice of Our Planet: “Things are going to get worse”
The voice of some of the most stunning nature documentaries ever made is pessimistic about the future of wildlife on earth.
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Dissent @wemustdissent.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
Cockroaches of the world stand up to fascism! This is a fantastic article and it’s so hopeful to hear about other people and places rising up against authoritarians.
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Monica Byrne @monicabyrne13.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
"Just when hope seemed lost, they came. Young roaches riding in on the rain." Such marvelous writing from Arundhati Roy on the current moment in India.
thewire.in
Cockroach Democracy: Unarmed and Dangerous
Can all the people be fooled all the time? Can a country with a population of a billion-and-a-half be dragged around like a corpse forever? It cannot. The Cockroaches are out and about.
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 22/07/2026
Benjamin Netanyahu is a war criminal.
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 19/07/2026
“In these incredibly divisive political times, we’re actually seeing the rare issue that unites Americans: opposition to government surveillance. And I don’t think it’s going anywhere. I think this movement is only going to grow.”
motherjones.com
Police keep losing their jobs for using Flock cameras to stalk people
Advocates say it's too easy to abuse automated license plate reader technology.
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Twonks @twonks.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
Great job 👏
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 10/07/2026
SHOCK NYT REPORT: DHS now admits the man ICE killed in Houston wasn't even their target. Lorenzo Salgado Araujo, a 35-year U.S. resident, was just driving to work when agents — with no body cameras — shot him dead searching for two other men who weren't even in the van. Gift link in reply.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
ICE fatally shot a man in Houston yesterday. Agents arrested a nun on her way to mass. An Afghan who helped the U.S. military died in ICE detention, one of at least 21 people to die in detention this year. The headlines have moved on, but Trump is still waging his reign of terror.
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Kashana @kashana.blacksky.app · 08/07/2026
I met up with Mitch McConnell today and we beatboxed for twenty minutes.
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Dissent @wemustdissent.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
Remembering today my favorite political campaign text message exchange from back in May where I learned replying “fuck off, nazi” triggered the automatic removal of my phone number from their list. Good times.
A text message from Graham Platner’s campaign to which I replied “fuck off, nazi” which resulted in an automatic reply that I was unsubscribed from their call list.
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 07/07/2026
Dems had time to choose another progressive. Instead, too many chose denial. Republicans might stand by their guy no matter what, but we are Democrats. We’re supposed to have higher standards. There’s a lesson here. I hope my party is ready to learn it. I wrote an open letter w/a timeline.
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THE LESSON DEMOCRATS CAN’T AFFORD TO MISS
An open letter to my party
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Bo Thompson @gaudipern.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
Thomas Paine is my favorite founding father. He was famously abolitionist and one of the earliest voices to point out the hypocrisy of fighting for independence while keeping slaves. He also firmly believed that keeping any friendship which required compromising your morals made you a bad person.
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TJ resists! Bluestormcoming! @tjjohnson.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
There is no need for fireworks now with drone shows. No need for pets and vets to cower and for wild life to suffer as well as the pollution and noise. I said what I said.
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I Scare You Like Sound Dog @chadstanton.blacksky.app · 05/07/2026
How shallow must your ideas be to alarm(!!) people in finance? What the hell are they suggesting?!
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Kashana @kashana.blacksky.app · 05/07/2026
Woke 2: the armed troops will take it from here
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Jon Sternfeld @jonsternfeld.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
NO MORE METAPHORS. WE HAVE ENOUGH METAPHORS.
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
Last year ICE said a man tried to murder a female ICE officer while she was trying to arrest him. They swore under oath he grabbed her by the neck and tried to choke her to death. He was even indicted for attempted murder. Problem is, it never happened! Bystander video unraveled the lie.
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A Venezuelan man was accused of attempting to choke an ICE officer to death in Bellevue. Bystander video tells a different story
Gabriel Hurtado-Cariaco was referred to by DHS as a “criminal illegal alien” and a “known Tren de Aragua terrorist.” The agency said he “violently attacked an ICE agent” by slamming her head into the ...
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br00t4c @br00t4c.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
Prairieland sentences brings war on terror home Protesters at ICE's Prairieland facility recieved far harsher sentences than anyone from Jan. 6's violent mob And by "terror" they mean "legitimate, constitutionally protected dissent" www.salon.com/2026/07/03/p...
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Prairieland sentences brings war on terror home - Salon.com
Protesters at ICE's Prairieland facility recieved far harsher sentences than anyone from Jan. 6's violent mob
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