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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 23h
Trump keeps saying that a 1929-style Great Depression is likely during the second half of his term. Quite the midterm message.
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Seth Cotlar @sethcotlar.bsky.social · 15h
It’s interesting how the standard bearer for the party whose message used to be “Democrats suck because they just buy votes by giving people free stuff” has decided the closing message for the midterms will just be “how many more checks do we have to send you in order to earn your vote?”
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
A judge stripped community-integration protections from a federal disability rights regulation at the Trump administration’s request. Disabled Americans fought for decades for the right to live in their own homes and communities.
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ande ˗ˏˋ ★ ˎˊ˗ @andewitt.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
It’s right behind me isn’t it
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𝕾𝖙𝖗𝖆𝖓𝖌𝖊 𝕳𝖔𝖚𝖘𝖊 @strangehouse.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
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ΜΑΝΟΣ ΤΡΑΧΙΑΣ™ @trahias.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Friedrich Kunath (German, b.1974) "Storms Never Last," 2023 Oil on canvas 48 x 38.5 in #art #painting #artist #BlueSkyArt
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Lakeshore Drive Slut @shredded-teat.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
had the religious experience of seeing the sunset over lake michigan
the sun is just about to slip behind the horizon of lake michigan on a perfectly clear day
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Pennsylvania’s reported measles cases are almost at 1,000 for the year.
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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Community Notes for the win here, Megyn Kelly. 👌
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Newshound411 @newshound411.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
It’s corruption on steroids in plain sight. He doesn’t even try to hide that he’s looting US and cashing in on insider trading. He’s the most corrupt president in American history.
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Miaganga @miaganga.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
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Aaron @ghostofchicken.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
It's pretty clear that a lot of people responding to this are more upset that it was kept from *them* as viewers, and as a result that *they* were tricked into supporting someone they find reprehensible, than they are about the actual assault and its impact on the victim. It's unpleasant.
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Rep. Robert Garcia @robertgarcia.house.gov · 02/10/2026
This corruption must be investigated.
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Nebula @nebula.tv · 01/10/2026
Jacob Geller is no longer a part of Nebula. Ongoing projects have been terminated effective immediately, and his content has been removed from our catalog.
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Mr Natural @neilmatheson66.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Maggie Vandewalle. "The Stuff of my Daydreams" Watercolour on paper. #Caturday
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Indie Book Spotlight @bookspotlight.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
‘Be very angry about how the world is being fucked.’ King Guillermo, I adore you. 👑♥️ [Not my video! Saw on Reddit!]
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Clean air is now a “burden.” Trump’s EPA announced it will reconsider smog-control requirements for parts of Texas after Gov. Greg Abbott pushed for relief. This comes as Abbott declared a diesel price “disaster” and separately requested waivers for cleaner diesel standards.
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Chiitan🌈ちぃたん☆ @chiitan.love · 02/10/2026
Chiitan loves transgender people 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ Even a plain statement like this now brings slander and insults, but I think a society where people can live happily as themselves matters more than silence, so I will keep saying it until the account is gone. love everyone🤍
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Pocket News 📰 @jeanpocket.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
🤩👏👏👏🇺🇸
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Sarah Z @sarahz.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Decided to test this for myself and Pangram told me with "high confidence"(!!!!) that sentences of a fic I wrote in literally 2018 were AI-generated
A pangram screenshot. The actual text is: To Victoria’s surprise, Alex is the first to voice his support. “Fuck it. Let’s do it,” he shrugs, standing up and striding over to the front door. Victoria raises a skeptical brow at him, but swiftly turns her gaze to the rest of the group, awaiting their responses.
“If it’s going to… for lack of a better term, eat us, no matter what… then it might be easier, psychologically speaking, to speed up the inevitable,” PupDOS agrees; and then suddenly, she smiles. Not polite, not humouring, but genuine, almost… relieved. Sazley sees the smile, and barely conceals a frown, but no one else seems to take notice. “I’m in,” PupDOS says, and she is surer than she’s been about anything of late.
Sazley is quick to follow, breaking out into an awkward grin to suppress her nerves. “I, uh, I guess this is our best shot,” she says.
Sabrina and Rebecca exchange worried glances, neither one completely confident about this plan. Both of them sit for a second, just processing the possible pros and cons of going along with Victoria’s idea. Finally, Sabrina reaches her hand over until it is resting overtop of Rebecca’s, and she leans over and whispers something in her girlfriend’s ear. Rebecca smiles a little, and then she nods.

18% of it is highlighted as AI by pangram with "high confidence": Only two spans are highlighted as AI: the end of the Sazley paragraph, "I, uh, I guess this is our best shot," she says, and the first two sentences of the next paragraph: "Sabrina and Rebecca exchange worried glances, neither one completely confident about this plan. Both of them sit for a second, just processing the possible pros and cons of going along with Victoria's idea."
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Endless corruption.
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 03/10/2026
NYC is opening 160 car-free (but treat-filled) streets and plazas to enjoy fun and safe fall festivities this spooky season. Find one near you at nyc.gov/trickorstreets.
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J. L. Westover @mrlovenstein.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
take a look at my new book 🎉 kickstarter.com/projects/mrlovenstein/mr-lovenstein-presents-fun
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Niko Stratis @nikostratis.com · 03/10/2026
i think if you’re having complicated feelings about a man you looked up to being outed as a sexual abuser the thing to do is work through those feelings before/without writing an essay about it. the take economy has cooked your brain.
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Gretchen Felker-Martin PRE ORDER CHIMERA 2.16.27 🍉 @scumbelievable.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
i have had many complicated and unpleasant thoughts about current events, my own life, etc, etc that I needed to work through in privacy or with a trusted friend, and that's how you need to handle that shit!
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✷ storiel @storiel.art · 03/10/2026
⚡10 SLOTS ARE OPEN⚡ dm <3
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Gil Durán @gilduran.com · 02/10/2026
Barnes & Noble has named "The Nerd Reich" a Best Business Book of 2026. Funny, I never thought of it as a business book. But it makes sense. It exposes a cult of apocalyptic billionaires who believe it is their destiny to destroy democracy. Buy it today! www.barnesandnoble.com/blog/the-bes...
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The Best Business Books of 2026
Enlightening memoirs, hard-hitting journalism and economic histories make up this years best business books. These are essential reads for the seasoned entrepreneur or the curious citizen who wants to...
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Small Robots @smolrobots.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
JRR Tolkien: You paint that picture of the key scene from the Two Towers where Frodo and Sam fight Gollum? Donato Giancola: Sure did, Ron, real fuckin' sexy just like you asked. JRRT: What.
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Corey Brickley * Blight's Hollow Dot Com @coreybrickley.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
selling prints at StarBolt in Philly! 1936 N Front St. These prices are crazy!!! Im insane!!!
Corey Brickley BoothSmall prints for 5$, Large prints for 10$, Buy 2 get 1 free
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Lex McMenamin (they/them) @lexmcmenamin.com · 02/10/2026
just wanna re-up the part where I wrote that many immigrants in Maine have been sheltering in place since January for their own safety, with ICE still operating in the area. it is October.
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Birdie Tam @birdietam.art · 01/10/2026
GIVEAWAY: Enter to win a 100 USD gift card! As a thank you for all your support these past months, I'm hosting a give away to win a gift card to my online shop! Simply sign up for my newsletter via the entry form below 🥳 Ends Oct 10 birdietam.art/pages/giveaw...
A photo collage of products made and designed by Birdie Tam.
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Elias Eells- Bar Cart Bookshelf @eliaseells.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
One could argue that as the most widely read genre, romance is most deserving of care and attention, a refusal to concede to bland extruded text from the Average Intelligence machine. The potential to reach the greatest number of readers with your art, with your intellect, can be through romance.
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blob @gwmthing.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
playing big walk solo
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Luke Baker @spacemacchiato.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Mysterious monoliths make for poor carving material
A large glossy rectangular monolith with an unfinished face carved into it. The monolith is split in half and a mass of pink alien tendrils spill out from within it
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The Shadow Over Innschwartz ✨🦑✨ @benschwartz.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
this is what she was hired for: gut cbs to make these buyouts work with trump's fcc, then boot her. radaronline.com/p/bari-weiss...
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EXCLUSIVE: Bari Weiss 'Likely Out' at CBS After Paramount/Warner Bros. Merger as 'Anti-Woke' Editor Blamed for Torpedoing '60 Minutes'
Bari Weiss has been blamed for 60 Minutes' slide in viewership this season after making sweeping changes to the news network.
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Andrew F. Sullivan @afsulli.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
when a two star review truly understands your soul better than most five stars. make it the blurb. THE MARIGOLD.
No. Noooo no no, did not like. Characters meh. Didn't care what happened to them. Glacial overwrought pace. Prosey AF. Felt like I was wearing a grey sludge patina over my soul for days while reading. Nearly DNF. Need several dozen hot showers and a good fantasy novel to shake the feeling of being sunk neck deep in neverending dull Scottish muggy moors for a week under a doomsday sky, alone. Not even birds. If soggy ancient grain bread were a novel.
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Jacob Geller @jacobgeller.com · 29/09/2026
There is no one better than Ashley at making basic-ass news and previews GENUINELY compelling to read. I do not know how she does it. The most obvious hire in the world.
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ashley bardhan @ashleybardhan.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
is there a better word than devastated? (shattered? fly-swatted?) anyway i've been laid off. i joined gamesradar+ as a freelancer in 2023, and the site had my lifelong admiration by the time i became a senior writer in 2024. i'll miss it lmk if u need a creepy🧟‍♀️ gurl: ashleybardhan(at)gmail(dot)com
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gamera obscura october edition @ohrobin.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Google earth has updated its satellite images of Gaza. The destruction is almost incomprehensible.
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Doctora Malka Older @older.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
The Protest in Democracy spotlight would not be complete without some analysis of climate protests: "The right may remain protected on paper while arrests, prosecution, financial penalties and lengthy legal proceedings gradually raise the price of exercising it."
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When the right to protest remains, but demonstrating comes at a price
Since the 1950s, Europe’s democratic and human rights system has developed through the gradual strengthening of protections for political expression, assembly and dissent.
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Friendly Neighborhood Mouse @missmouse.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Hey all! Please help this family if you can. If nothing else, a RT would be greatly appreciated. www.gofundme.com/f/deportatio...
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Donate to Deportation of Beloved Brother Leaves Family Adrift, organized by Montgomery County Immigrant Rights Collective
*** Español Abajo*** Guillermo, a quiet person who … Montgomery County Immigrant Rights Collective needs your support for Deportation of Beloved Brother Leaves Family Adrift
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The Nation Magazine @thenation.com · 29/09/2026
As the high-profile sexual assault case at Cornell gains national attention, Cornell students want accountability from university leadership in protecting the perpetrators, and a reckoning on campus sexual violence. Jeannine Chiang reports:
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As Cornell’s Rape Case Draws National Attention, Students Want Accountability.
A new lawsuit alleging that a former student was drugged and gang-raped by Chi Phi fraternity members is sparking outrage in the Cornell community.
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Coach Finstock @coachfinstock.bsky.social · 17/05/2025
Neagley: I heard he's a baseball fan. And this is the biggest game of the season. He's gotta be here. Reacher: LOOK AT THIS <shows her article about Pope Leo being a White Sox fan> Neagley: WE'RE AT THE WRONG GAME REACHER
Reacher and Neagley
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Debug Magazine @debugmag.com · 29/09/2026
We’re on the hunt for games writers! Our dream? To find our next staff writer… But freelance opportunities come up each and every month, too. Please DM @mostlyalright.com (Nick, our Games Editor) or if you’re old-school like us, you can also send an email: nick@teamdebug.com Location irrelevant
Nick of Debug magazine reading Debug magazine
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Mali 💤 MCM London G-23 @sleepimali.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
This weeks original painting auction is live, featuring a sad worm in need if hugs 🌿 Ends Thursday October 1st at 7.30pm CEST Shares are so appreciated! 💛💛 docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Photo of my hand holding a watercolour painting of a fuzzy, green worm-like creature with a long beak, horns and ears, curled up and being hugged by a person dressed in black and grey. The pair is in a sunlit grassy field surrounded by falling red petals, and the worm is crying and holding a flower in their break
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Trump officially rolled back fuel efficiency standards today. The new target for 2031 is about 34.5 miles per gallon, down from 50.4. That means more gas burned, more pollution, and more money out of drivers’ pockets. So much for making things affordable.
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
MTG has really been going after her own.
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
When you think things can’t get any more ridiculous at the White House, Trump is now floating the idea of replacing the White House press briefing room with a swimming pool.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
In March, Washington State passed a tax on millionaires to fund public education, childcare, and expand its earned income tax credit. Now, special interest groups backed by the rich are trying to trick voters into repealing the tax by claiming it will apply to non-millionaires. Don't fall for it.
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Washington Taxed Its Millionaires. Now the Rich Want It Repealed.
Washington State voters will get a chance to accept or reject the 9.9 percent income tax on millionaires approved by the Legislature, which broke the state’s taboo against levying income taxes.
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