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Reuters @reuters.com · 25m
Pennsylvania reports 943 measles cases as outbreak grows reut.rs/4iXZG3Y
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Pennsylvania reports 943 measles cases as outbreak grows
Pennsylvania's health department reported 943 measles cases as of ​Wednesday, according to its website, ‌as the state grapples with a growing outbreak of the highly ​contagious disease.
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Mikhail Gorbaechev @mikhailgorbaechev.bsky.social · 3h
This is largely because normal people got involved in left-wing organizing and marginalized the cranks.
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whet moser @whetmoser.com · 3h
“you shouldn’t do it but you should understand why the rule is stupid” is the true way
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Joel Pinckney @jpinckney.bsky.social · 3h
There are ways to both engage with the challenges facing readers and reading today while also rejecting this kind of triumphal doomerism; the booksellers I spoke with for this piece are exemplars of that. Maybe you'd like to read this today instead?
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What Do Booksellers Make Of “The End Of Reading”? | Defector
If you haven’t yet encountered the cover story for the August issue of The Atlantic, I have some bad news to share: “The End of Reading Is Here.” It’s an intentionally provocative headline for a sligh...
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Snowden St. @snowden.st · 3h
There's gotta be dozens of Harris supporters on this site who act like they don't know that the VP did better with white noncollege voters than either of the previous two Democratic candidates.
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 3h
Meta is using its A.I. data centers to exploit a lucrative tax break intended to support research and experimentation, according to an exclusive report by The New York Times. The company’s own accountants recognize that the strategy is on shaky legal ground. nyti.ms/3VlavDw
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Leftbobgolfer🇨🇦 @leftbobgolfer.bsky.social · 7h
Looks awesome!!! supercarblondie.com/1960s-volksw...
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Canada man turned a rusty 1960s Volkswagen camper van into a helicopter by fusing it with a scrapped Airbus H125
This Canadian man created something truly awesome when he merged a Volkswagen camper with a scrapped Airbus H125 to turn it into a helicopter
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Tricia Lockwood @tricialockwood.bsky.social · 3h
get yourself a grump Husband who loves old graveyard
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Amazing thank you! My grump Husband (who was a coal miner in England starting at age 16. Guess he has reason to be grumpy) loves old graveyard.
So do l! I am going to plan activities for us, stuff I know husband will like (kid is happy if husband is) so l have my first thing which is the graveyard.
Thanks! Any good antique stores? Just to look?
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Michael Hobbes @michaelhobbes.bsky.social · 3h
I'm sure it wasn't the first time it happened, but this was the first time I noticed the pattern where conspiracy theorists declare complete vindication on the basis of LEAKED SECRET DOCUMENTS that even more strongly prove that they are wrong.
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Reuters @reuters.com · 8h
Viruses run rampant across Havana as water, power fails reut.rs/3VaLvPk
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Viruses run rampant across Havana as water, power fails
Cuban housewife Yuamilka Hechavarria was asleep last Tuesday when water rushed into the cistern of the crumbling tenement where she lives in old Havana.
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Sylvia Goodman @sylviaruthg.lpm.org · 5h
The story this fine morning >>
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Political forecaster moves open Kentucky House seat rating toward Democrats
Sabato’s Crystal Ball, an election predictor out of the University of Virginia, moved Kentucky’s Sixth Congressional District from a “likely Republican” win to “leans Republican.”
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Jeff Berardelli @weatherprof.bsky.social · 5h
Relative (RONI) tells us how the event compares with the other warming ocean basins. And puts it into perspective - how warm is the El Niño to the other oceans at the time of the event. And here we see it’s much closer: bsky.app/profile/raro...
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whet moser @whetmoser.com · 6h
this is really impressive
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Haydon @haydonmp.bsky.social · 6h
This is a similar feel-good / positive story that also ought to be read as the result of policy failures and the degradation of rural and civic life in the United States.
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Volunteer firefighter numbers have declined across the U.S. In Blacksburg, college students help fill the ranks.
Factors contributing to recruitment challenges include increased time demands, more rigorous training requirements and the proliferation of two-income families whose members do not have time to vol…
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Bénédicte C @benecal.bsky.social · 9h
Of course @brandyzadrozny.bsky.social has the most interesting review of the MAHA Summit. She asks who organized the event, who attended, and where the money goes. Kennedy likes to keep his grift in the family. Zadrozny notes: "Finn was the summit’s first speaker." www.ms.now/news/maha-su...
If the divergent, often competing pet interests of the activists within MAHA made the movement hard to define, the structure behind the business of MAHA is murkier still. The summit was presented by MAHA Center, a nonprofit helmed by Tony Lyons, publisher of Kennedy’s books and other contrarian works. Lyons also runs MAHA Action, a separate nonprofit, and MAHA PAC, the rebranded super PAC that bankrolled Kennedy’s presidential bid and is now backing Republican candidates in the midterms. Tickets to the summit went to “MAHA members” who enrolled at the $6,000-a-year tier — a membership advertised and presented by Lyons’ MAHA Action but whose agreement is with MAHA Holdings, a separate entity with no public-facing website, about which little is known beyond its CEO, former tech entrepreneur Alex Hardy, and one board member: Kennedy’s 29-year-old son, Finn.
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Eric Columbus @ericcolumbus.bsky.social · 6h
Not a great sign when your 12-person private fundraiser includes someone who hates you enough to leak damaging audio
The audio of Mr. Paxton was shared with The Times by an attendee who recorded him speaking at a private fund-raiser in Washington attended by roughly a dozen people. The person, who opposes Mr. Paxton’s campaign and provided the recording to The Times, was granted anonymity because Mr. Paxton’s remarks were private.
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Kashmir Hill @kashhill.bsky.social · 6h
Meta is using a radical interpretation of a tax credit for “research and experimentation” to get billions of dollars off GPUs for its A.I. data centers. My latest with Jesse Drucker, @elitan.bsky.social and @mikeisaac.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2026/09/30/t...
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How Meta Uses A.I. Data Centers to Avoid Billions in Federal Taxes (Gift Article)
Meta is exploiting a lucrative tax break intended to support research and experimentation. Its own accountants say the gambit is risky.
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Ada Palmer @adapalmer.bsky.social · 6h
Delightful also to hear real eagle noises. In movies eagles are always dubbed with hawks, since hawks found fierce and eagles sound like adorable squeakers.
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whet moser @whetmoser.com · 6h
"workers carrying matching shoulder bags have been spotted dumping piles of nuts a few blocks away in the park, and no one can figure out why"
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Sheryl Gay Stolberg @sherylnyt.bsky.social · 6h
My take on yesterday's MAHA Summit: There are now two MAHAs: Corporate, Trump-aligned MAHA and grassroots MAHA, which is being courted by Democrats like @abdulelsayed.bsky.social. He just announced his "Build a Healthier America" agenda. BAHA? www.nytimes.com/2026/09/29/h...
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A.I. Is ‘Better Informed’ Than Doctors, Kennedy Tells Industry-Backed MAHA Summit (Gift Article)
The health secretary, Vice President JD Vance and other top officials addressed a conference sponsored by corporations, including A.I. companies and others with business before the government.
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Patrick Meyers @pmeyers7.bsky.social · 6h
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Ken Paxton, G.O.P. Nominee in Texas, Privately Said Trump’s Convention Hurt Him
Ken Paxton, one of the party’s top Senate candidates and a Trump loyalist, said that “everybody’s numbers dropped” after the event, according to audio obtained by The Times.
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whet moser @whetmoser.com · 6h
still think it's a fragile coalition
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Annie Waldman @anniewaldman.bsky.social · 7h
NEW: As Trump’s White House and influencers keep touting the unproven benefits of raw milk, hundreds across the country are falling ill from outbreaks. Some people get severe indigestion. And some nearly die. Here's the story of one toddler who drank it. 🧵👇 www.propublica.org/article/cali...
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A Girl Nearly Died After Drinking Raw Milk. The State Did Little to Punish the Unlicensed Farmer Who Sold It.
California is teeming with black-market dairies, propped up by consumer demand fueled by misinformation. With evidence against one raw goat milk farm, regulators could have sought punitive action. But...
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gabriel x. michael @g-x-m.bsky.social · 15h
What hurts? (deferred), Lower South Water Street
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brian feldmab @peeingandpoop.ing · 16/09/2026
wrote about one of the increasingly few who did it for the love of the game www.oaklandreviewofbooks.org/why-cat-fraz...
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Why Cat Frazier matters
The late designer and Animated Text creator made the word go 'round.
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Bill Stinkwater @klausbromi.bsky.social · 16h
Gas Can Boyd
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whet moser @whetmoser.com · 17h
among other things if you actually got a decent education in the humanities you would not make this mistake
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BYCTOM @byctom.bsky.social · 17h
it's time for playoff basebal
jack white looking upset at a cubs game
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Eric Michael Garcia @ericmgarcia.bsky.social · 18h
People forget, Katie Britt is a former Chief of Staff. She would be in charge of putting these talking points together in her early career. This was a massive fumble. (I jokingly was looking for a young man in a suit with a box of his belongings today).
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Sheryl Gay Stolberg @sherylnyt.bsky.social · 19h
RFK Jr. says AI can offer patients “a second opinion that is much better informed than any doctor in the country” and has the power to “free us from medical tyranny.” He spoke at an industry-backed MAHA Summit, whose sponsors included AI companies. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/29/h...
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A.I. Is ‘Better Informed’ Than Doctors, Kennedy Tells Industry-Backed MAHA Summit
The health secretary, Vice President JD Vance and other top officials addressed a conference sponsored by corporations, including A.I. companies and others with business before the government.
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Eric Columbus @ericcolumbus.bsky.social · 18h
I know this will shock everyone but Eric Schmitt is still wrong — there were *six* NBA games that night, not one. Hawks/Hawkeyes confusion remains the likely explanation. www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/?m...
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Schmitt: We had information Jack Smith was at a basketball game. There was only one NBA game that night which is why I asked him if he was in Atlanta.
That's what these hearings are for. You ask questions, you get answers. Smith has perjured himself before, but... maybe he's a Caitlin Clark fan. We'll accept that.x.com/Acyn/status/21...
BREAKING NEWS
GOR SENATOR'S PERJURY CLAIM AGAINST SMITH FAILS IN HAWKS-HAWKEYES MOUP
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ROPIC CEO DARIO AMODEL, WHO MET PRITELY WITH TRUMP.F
8:23 PM • 9/29/26 • 23K Views
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Eric Freeman @freemaneric.bsky.social · 20h
I probably won’t see Digger but it would’ve been an A+ Letterman topic. “Hey Paul, uh, you seen Digger?” etc.
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Ken Schwencke @schwanksta.com · 28/09/2026
ICYMI: @propublica.org has a Chrome and Firefox plugin that allows you to grab your data from FanDuel and DraftKings. If you use it, you can upload your data to us to help us to continue investigating how these sites induce people to keep betting. projects.propublica.org/sports-betti...
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Help ProPublica Report on Sports Betting by Sending Us Your App Data
If you’ve bet on sports with FanDuel or DraftKings, you can help ProPublica understand how these apps respond to their users’ betting behavior. Use our browser extension to download your betting histo...
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Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 18h
Senator Schmitt doubles down, seemingly implying it’s risible for a man to be following a woman’s sport. (Any other interpretation of this post?)
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whet moser @whetmoser.com · 18h
the bass, lead and rhythm riffs are s-tier and the bassist totally transformed my idea of what cool was (along with josephine wiggs from the breeders) www.youtube.com/watch?v=EkwD...
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The Toadies - Possum Kingdom (Official Music Video)
YouTube video by TheToadiesVEVO
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Kate Manne @katemanne.bsky.social · 19h
I wrote for @thecut.com about the Cornell case and what it says that, at my institution and many others like it, protesters are often punished more harshly than sexual assailants www.thecut.com/article/what...
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What It Feels Like at Cornell Right Now
As a professor at the Ivy League school, Kate Manne has known many, many victims. There’s a palpable feeling on campus, she writes, that this is big.
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Ted Underwood @tedunderwood.com · 20h
A perceptive thread. Here's the shorthand I would use:
tedunderwood.com post from 22 hours ago: "For documentation, I think, it may have a place. But not for any genre of writing that implies a speaker."
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whet moser @whetmoser.com · 20h
e/acc batman vs effective altruism joker
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Scary Mr. Olmec Man @scarymrolmecman.bsky.social · 20h
Aaaaaaand...scene.
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Steve Vladeck @stevevladeck.bsky.social · 23h
Just a reminder that this is the same Sen. Schmitt who repeatedly claimed that Chief Judge Boasberg was receiving a disproportionate share of Trump-related cases because he confused the D.C. Superior Court (which has 62 judges) with the D.C. district court (which has 15).
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Rural Indexing Project @ruralindexing.bsky.social · 22h
Herky the Hawk Red Oak, IA
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Jim Lokay @jimlokay.com · 22h
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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AUgetoffmygold @augetoffmygold.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Wrote about all of it. Tried to, anyway. www.billboard.com/music/chart-...
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How Has Ella Langley’s ‘Choosin’ Texas’ Spent 24 Weeks Atop the Hot 100 — And Why Are People So Shocked By It?
Ella Langley's "Choosin' Texas" has topped the Billbaord Hot 100 for 24 weeks, making history and causing backlash. Here's why all of it is happening.
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Jane Rosenzweig @janerosenzweig.bsky.social · 22h
But also, you know where colleges can encourage valuable critical thinking through conversation? Writing Centers. The path to figuring out what you think on paper can and should involve conversation, and investing in those conversations is a great way forward in this AI all the time moment.
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Rachel Cole @rmartincole.bsky.social · 22h
Found while flipping through CTA Transit News v. 38 no. 9, 1985 today: the product model for the classic "Mr. Clean" campaign was an employee of the @chicagocta.bsky.social. We've digitized these volumes and you can flip through them yourself in the Internet Archive: archive.org/details/ctat...
Article from CTA Transit News 1985 v.38 no.9 titled "Mr. Clean" with a photo of the classic Mr. Clean ad campaign and a headshot of the model, CTA employee Bob Ryan. Text describes Ryan's role in the ad campaign and as a special projects employee for the CTA.
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whet moser @whetmoser.com · 22h
very interested to see if this kind of takeaway is going to get more pickup
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Matt Sebastian @mattsebastian.com · 29/09/2026
This is such a great profile of Dinosaur Jr “It’s annoying, because you’re saddled with these guys — god dammit, what the fuck? But it sounds better, so what are you going to do?” — J Mascis on Lou Barlow and Murph
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How Dinosaur Jr. Learned to Tolerate One Another, Kind Of
For 40 years, J Mascis has quietly led his incredibly loud band into the annals of indie rock. But during his annual vacation in Cape Cod, he opened up about almost everything: interpersonal dynamics,...
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Meredith Martin @mmvty.bsky.social · 23h
german.duke.edu/news/structu... this looks incredible
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Structure, Sign, and Play in the Age of AI
In October of 1966---60 years ago---Johns Hopkins held a conference that is now widely seen as the hinge point when structuralism gave way to poststructuralism. Jacques Derrida delivered his paper "St...
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Brian Goldstone @brian-goldstone.bsky.social · 23h
This wasn't a one-off: about 4000 parents in GA have also been billed for their children's foster care. Now a judge has ordered the state to stop collecting fees once children are adopted or age out. But the core practice remains: Georgia can still bill parents while their kids are in foster care.
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Georgia must stop charging parents ‘erroneous’ fees, judge rules
Georgia has been wrongly charging parents foster care fees for children no longer in state custody and the practice must stop, a federal judge in Atlanta ruled Wednesday.
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rev. howard arson @theophite.bsky.social · 23h
the best slide deck i ever saw was the proposal for the slider to choose how racist your AI should be
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