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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 7h

Instead of religious freedom, where believers can practice their religion as they see fit without interference from the state, it’s a demand for religious dominance, where the state forces everyone to live in accordance with one religion’s dictates. If I can’t control them then I’m being oppressed.

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kemalmquist.bsky.social @kemalmquist.bsky.social · 19h

Paxton has to be one of the most evil men in the country. Many children will die because of this. Pediatricians will flee Texas because of this and children will die from causes that have nothing to do with vaccines because there are no doctors to care for them.

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Texas Pediatricians Face Paxton Investigations for Vaccinating Children (Gift Article)

Ken Paxton, the Texas attorney general and Republican Senate candidate, has alleged a sprawling profit-driven conspiracy. Pediatricians say the accusations are an attempt at intimidation.

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Dr. Jenny Morber @jrmorber.bsky.social · 12h

It’s fun to finally have a little social experiment on “what if we try helping people”

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ElieNYC @elienyc.bsky.social · 12h

So... "cable"... we're just doing cable again.

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Julian Sanchez @normative.bsky.social · 15h

A fun detail: Poirot repeatedly describes the Macho Jesus his leetle grey cells dreamed up as like a “Mustang.” You might think this is merely weird and homoerotic, but it’s actually linked to a bit of misinformation evangelicals like to use to retcon Jesus as a high-T alpha male.

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Blake E. Reid @chup.blakereid.org · 12h

There's this understated "of course no one who cares about individual or collective privacy even a little bit should ever use this product for any reason" subtext to a lot of launch-adjacent Meta product coverage that gives way to blasé "7/10 because the battery life could be better" gadgetisms

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The Ray-Ban Meta smart glasses actually make the future look cool

Still a novelty, but one that people might actually use.

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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 13h

Trumpism is a luxury good

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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 14h

Look, Trump welcoming the idea of a foreign enemy murdering millions of Americans isn't great, but at least it's nowhere near as bad as Obama saying economic dislocation can lead people to scapegoat others, or Hillary Clinton saying millions of Republicans are good, it's just the bigots who are bad.

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Aram Sinnreich @aramsinn.bsky.social · 14h

This is fantastic work

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alex roberts @lexlanham.bsky.social · 14h

OUTKAST sues OVRKAST for trademark infrngement, unfair competition, & breach of contract outkast claims the rapper & producer had accepted OVERKXST as his replacement stage name, then delayed the paperwork & proposed 2 previously rejected alternatives allhiphop.com/news/exclusi...

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EXCLUSIVE: Outkast Sues Ovrkast After Rapper Admits Listeners Confuse Their Names

Outkast says Ovrkast acknowledged public confusion but refused to retire his stage name under an agreed transition plan.

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Geoff Brumfiel @gbrumfiel.bsky.social · 18h

The IceCube neutrino detector has won the 2026 Nobel Prize in physics. The Trump administration has proposed slashing its budget in half in 2027.

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Brendel @brendelbored.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

“We hate this guy and would never vote for him…but what if he had our accent… 🤔🤔🤔🤔”

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Meredith Rose (from the grave) 👻 @mrose.ink · 05/10/2026

There's copyright, then there's folk copyright, and those two things are a Venn diagram that only *kind of* overlaps (and does so in really weird ways tbh)

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The Questionable Authority @questauthority.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

In particular, the holding that headnotes are protectable notwithstanding the merger doctrine is atrocious. (For nonlawyers, headnotes are 1-2 sentence summaries of key points, and the merger doctrine holds that if there are a very limited number of ways to say something, it's not protectable.)

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The Questionable Authority @questauthority.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

The order in the 3d Cir case finding that AI training is not fair use, in the context of the use of headnotes/summaries of caselaw is out. While I get that a lot of people will like the outcome, it's a terrible decision that's likely to benefit big business. www2.ca3.uscourts.gov/opinarch/252...

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Meredith Rose (from the grave) 👻 @mrose.ink · 05/10/2026

It’s a frustrating case, but I have yet to see any theory of “not a fair use” that doesn’t completely obliterate most extant fair uses in its wake.

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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Just a reminder: Tillis persuaded the woman Hegseth allegedly raped to come forward with her story, and told her that if she did, it would sink the nomination. She did. At great risk to herself. Tillis then cast the deciding vote for Hegseth. Because he’s a goddamned coward.

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Outgoing Sen. Tillis regrets pivotal vote for Hegseth: ‘He’s an actor. He’s not a manager’

Outgoing Sen. Thom Tillis spoke to MS NOW about regretting his vote to confirm Pete Hegseth and his strained relationship with Trump.

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Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

If you're in these states, *TODAY* is deadline to register to vote. Arizona, Arkansas Florida, Georgia, Indiana, Kentucky, Mississippi, Ohio, Tennessee, Texas. Even if you think you've registered: doesn't hurt to check! And there's a lot happening across them. A thread with stakes on each. ⬇️

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CARL / ABRC @carl-abrc.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

AI literacy is becoming an essential part of student success — and academic libraries have a critical role to play. 🔗 Read our full Statement on Libraries and Student AI Literacy: www.carl-abrc.ca/wp-content/u...

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Tobias Wilson-Bates @phdhurtbrain.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

What if educational spaces worked to become one of the few places in life our students are not constantly surveilled under constant threat conditions?

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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

With great consistency, people who prefer authoritarianism to democracy envision themselves in charge. Could be them personally, could be vicarious, but they're always the boot, not the face. It's basically a way to say everyone should shut up and accept that we're doing my preferences, not theirs.

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Mark Histed @markhisted.org · 05/10/2026

This is re: Brazil. Post below is “Hard to do anything when Facebook, X, and Instagram host all political discourse.” Yes. Media ownership matters. If we are going to fix US democracy we have to take on the challenge of prying media and platforms out of the claws of billionaires.

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 05/10/2026

feels like at least part of what is happening is that a lot of people want politics to solve the "my life feels empty" problem and the populist right is directly appealing to them

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Tim Carmody @tcarmody.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

This is the funniest thing I've seen today, possibly ever

A tweet by SarahStarberry that says "oh god read the vertical axis" on top of a chart measuring AI models' release dates and model numbers rather than any real capabilities

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relentlessyapp.bsky.social @relentlessyapp.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Put this in every single Democratic attack ad across the country. Every. Single. Word.

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Chaucer Doth Tweet @levostregc.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

And thou mayest aske thyself, 'How do Ich werke thys?' And thou mayest aske thyself, 'Wher ys that large destrier?' And thou mayest telle thyself, 'Thys nys not my beautiful castle!' And thou mayest telle thyself, 'Thys nys not my swift goshawk!'

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T. Greg Doucette @gregdoucette.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

::laughs in Clippy::

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Starfire’s Deranged Neocon Foreign Policy Podcast @irhottakes.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

I don’t trust the mainstream media, but I feel like the primary alternate model, getting the news from the posts of a 14 year-old Romanian schizophrenic shitposter named “G00n3R the Swamp Pervert,” is not necessarily a superior alternative.

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Simon Morden @comrademorden.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

To sum up: My publishers failed to register US copyright on many of my titles I am doing all the work in making the claim on those titles they did bother with They take half of any compensation anyway

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

America today is a country where regulators won't allow private companies to air interviews of the opposition on TV, but declare that taxpayer funded propaganda is fine.

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Lisa Messeri @lmesseri.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

one of the reasons that I warn researchers away from adapting commercial LLMs into their pipeline is that Big Tech has a history of sunsetting popular, usable products and replacing them with worse ones. (i'm trying to ween myself off of google scholar, but it is hard).

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Brandon Friedman @brandonfriedman.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Pete is lost in terms of modern war. I use the example of this outgunned Ukrainian army officer who successfully terrorized a Russian unit for weeks because she "did the math." At the time, someone commented, "yeah, in combat, 'I did the math' beats 'I can do 100 pushups' every time."

Ukrainian female soldier: Okay, I said the idea is this: There is enough time to empty one full can of 32 grenades and be gone by the time the return mortar fire reaches us. I did the math.

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Nate Schenkkan @nateschenkkan.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

My op-ed on the attack on higher education in the United States and how it fits in an international context where ruling parties around the world are trying to seize control of education systems: www.universityworldnews.com/post.php?sto...

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Universities should stick together, draw on civil society

Academic freedom is falling fast in the United States, but there are lessons from other countries and other parts of civil society. Higher education i...

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Mom for Ghoulberty👻 @fakegreekgrill.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

You have to sign like 4 forms for the schools to give your kid Tylenol

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Julian Sanchez @normative.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

As far as I can tell the idea of schools putting kids on hormones is just a complete fantasy. How or why would the school be involved with that?

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Susan Rinkunas @susanrinkunas.com · 30/09/2026

To recap: three GOP-led states that wanted the Supreme Court to overturn Roe v. Wade in order to "send abortion back to the states" are now asking the Court to strike down abortion protections in blue states

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Dan of the Year @downwithdan.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Ah yes the circle of life

• Dispatched
Sep 25 23:03 pm
In Transit
Sep 26 09:52 am
Delayed
Sep 26 10:57 am
Held By Carrier
Sep 26 15:07 pm
Destroyed
Sep 26 15:08 pm

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Patrick Chovanec @prchovanec.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

My greatest frustrating has been with policy wonks who persist in thinking we can just keep doing normal policy analysis ("calling balls and strikes") in this situation. The President of the United States is both lawless and out of his mind. That preempts all normal discussion.

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Laura Bassett @lebassett.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

This is a pretty stunning thing to admit

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Sanho Tree @sanho.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Google and Apple immediately update their maps.

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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

These ads go in the same category as brazen, easily disproven lies after ICE killings. It’s not about persuasion. It’s a display of power. They could have passed them off as PAC-funded. They added “paid for by the U.S. government” because they want us to know they can break the law with impunity.

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Jay Willis @jaywillis.net · 29/09/2026

If you’d asked me to parody how silly and broken legal journalism is, I genuinely don’t think I could have come up with “so the best-known ‘nonpartisan’ Supreme Court outlet is now run by an ex-Trump DOJ flack who had her longtime personal friend Brett Kavanaugh officiate her wedding”

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The Conservative Takeover of SCOTUSblog Is Just What the Supreme Court Needed

SCOTUSblog used to cover the Supreme Court. Now, it cheers for it.

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Annalee @flowerhorne.com · 30/09/2026

US Media: HEARTWARMING: Local robotics team pulls together to build a miniature bicameral legislature that successfully passes legislation to protect the public from health insurance cartels! Team captain says they "felt a duty to step up since no one else is doing that work."

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Sam @samd.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

should be instructive for democrats that Magyar is living up to his promise to prosecute Orban officials for corruption and is continuing to poll extremely highly

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Correct. A LOT of people deluded themselves into thinking that Trump's mass deportation pledge was "round up the criminals and gangbangers Biden let in," which was, of course, a completely false narrative. And now people who supported it because they believed in that goal have realized what's up.

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Meredith Rose (from the grave) 👻 @mrose.ink · 30/09/2026

There's a whole Discourse about the cartoon-y cover phenomenon, but tl;dr they were originally popularized as a way to let readers enjoy the books in public without it being *immediately* obvious what they were reading. Now they're both (a) annoying and (b) hooooly shit misleading.

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