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James Talarico @jamestalarico.bsky.social · 1h
Call the Ken Paxton Corruption Hotline at 844-WHOS-KEN. Learn about his record and leave him a voicemail. (It’s a real number.)
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Film Forum @filmforumnyc.bsky.social · 24m
ANDRZEJ WAJDA 💯 starts today! "A true master.” – Martin Scorsese A centennial fest of the great Polish director, explore the 25-film slate on @letterboxd.social: boxd.it/XEwfk Recorded intros by Scorsese & Zachwatowicz-Wajda at all ASHES AND DIAMONDS shows. buff.ly/I5a4RJN
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Amanda Marcotte @amandamarcotte.bsky.social · 5h
It was hard, especially as a survivor, but I dug through the court documents and the right-wing reaction to the Cornell case. What I've learned is the backlash to #MeToo did its job, reinscribing hatred of survivors. We need more #MeToo, not less. www.salon.com/2026/10/02/c...
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Cornell assault case shows #MeToo didn’t go far enough
The backlash against the woman suing Chi Phi fraternity members is turning into a witch hunt
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Coach Finstock @coachfinstock.bsky.social · 21m
The industry being run by Zuck, Musk, and Sam Altman (3 guys who have never made shit and either bought or stole their way in) with backing from Trump and the GOP. Are you really trying to sell me that this isn't a house of cards scam? Are you that gullible?
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Dan Froomkin/Press Watch/Heads Up News @froomkin.bsky.social · 17m
This actual *reporting* was utterly buried in the Time article that accompanied their feeble and shameful Trump interview: www.ms.now/rachel-maddo... This is terrifying, even by Trump standards!
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Trump reportedly sought input from Musk’s AI chatbot on military strikes
This was almost certainly the first time in U.S. history that a president consulted an AI chatbot about a provocative foreign policy gambit.
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Rob Davis @robwdavis.bsky.social · 1h
NEW: She oversees a state agency with a $3.4B budget. Her husband is a consultant helping housing authorities develop apartments that get a lot of subsidies from her agency. She didn't disclose his job -- until we asked. “In a perfect world, we wouldn’t need ProPublica for this kind of thing."
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Oregon Housing Director Failed to Report Husband’s Related Business Interests
Andrea Bell, executive director of Oregon Housing and Community Services, filed amended state ethics paperwork after ProPublica asked about her husband’s work at a firm that’s consulted on projects re...
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Karen Attiah @karenattiah.bsky.social · 1h
Today, 8 years ago, my friend, Saudi Journalist and Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi was murdered.
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Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 1h
NEW: Dozens of Wisconsin sheriffs have rushed to help ICE's deportation agenda by joining the 287(g) program. In 2 swing counties Trump narrowly won, this has now become a campaign issue. And Democrats are running for sheriff in Sauk and Winnebago on a promise to quit the program:
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In Wisconsin, Two Sheriff Races Test the Future of Local ICE Cooperation - Bolts
Wisconsin’s Sauk and Winnebago counties joined an ICE program to boost immigration enforcement. Candidates running for sheriff have vowed to quit it if elected next month.
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Iron Spike @ironspike.bsky.social · 1h
Lichtenstein’s entire oeuvre was offensively shallow and profit-motivated from the jump. His original premise of recontextualizing “low art” was done better, earlier, and with way more joyful subversiveness by Marcel Duchamp, AND he lacked the skill to even render the work he supposedly “elevated.”
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Tim Carmody @tcarmody.bsky.social · 2h
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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Grudgie the Wail @grudgie.bsky.social · 1h
This man has broken US law every day this year
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Will McKinley @willmckinley.bsky.social · 11h
American Movie Classics debuted #OTD in 1984. A decade before TCM, AMC gave classic films a platform on basic cable w/ hosted intros, celebrity guests, and no commercials. Never forget what they took from us. #FilmSky #TCMParty
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PT Klein @ptklein.com · 5h
good morning, this is Cinerama ❤️🤍💙
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I Travel Like Sound Dog @chadstanton.blacksky.app · 4h
“If we don’t build large gas burning turbines near Black communities then China will win.”
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Lindsay Beyerstein @beyerstein.bsky.social · 4h
We don't hate insurance companies enough.
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She got a heart transplant. Now she can't afford her meds
YouTube video by CNN
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Lindsay Beyerstein @beyerstein.bsky.social · 4h
A version of this killed Red Lobster, not Endless Shrimp. They sold off all their real estate and then leased it back.
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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 5h
It’s interesting to me that no one ever follows up on this. Do you think you have superior genetics? If so why? And i think it’s because everyone knows what it means so it would be uncomfortable to ask
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I Travel Like Sound Dog @chadstanton.blacksky.app · 4h
I mean yeah, Curtis Yarvin was arguing to establish bantustans for Black people in major magazine profiles and it was dismissed as a provocation.
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Citizen Screen @citizenscreen.bsky.social · 4h
Remembering Rock Hudson on the anniversary of his death (October 2, 1985)
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Hisham Zerriffi @hishamzerriffi.bsky.social · 12h
Pew tested AI synthetic surveys against actual survey data. Conclusion: “This experiment taught us that, at this time, AI models are not an adequate replacement for traditional polling on topics of broad public importance.” This is an all time bad idea. No need to hedge with “at this time.”
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Can AI Stand In for Human Survey-Takers? Not Really
Synthetic surveys using digital twins do a poor job estimating the public mood and are especially error-prone for some subgroups, including Republicans and Black adults.
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Free DC @freedcproject.bsky.social · 4h
This is the scene outside Bard high school this morning — FBI agents and armed soldiers acting as if children going to school on a Friday morning is some national security threat.
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How-Sen Chong @how-sen.com · 6h
Listen: I don’t want to minimize the danger of high e-bike speeds. But if the problem here is that stores sell e-bikes that can drive faster than legal limits, then where’s the story about how literally *every car dealership has been doing the same thing for decades*?!?
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Hidden cameras show some stores unlocking speed limits on e-bikes, selling e-scooters that go up to 120 km/h | CBC News
A new hidden camera investigation by Marketplace shows how some stores are selling e-scooters and e-bikes with top speeds much higher than provincial speed limits and with recommended rider ages young...
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Barred and Boujee aka Madiba Dennie @audrelawdamercy.blacksky.app · 3h
Let's try this again I wrote about * Tierra Walker * , who should be alive, and Ken Paxton, who is one of the reasons why she's not ballsandstrikes.org/law-politics...
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Tierra Walker’s Death Was Preventable. The Conservative Legal Movement Made It Predictable
Republican politicians have made Texas doctors increasingly afraid to provide lifesaving abortion care.
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Chandler Rome @chandlerrome.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
After another Wild Card series loss, changes are coming to the Astros - www.nytimes.com/athletic/764...
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Changes are coming for an Astros team that has finally reached a crossroads (Gift Article)
After years of holding on, the Astros have reached a breaking point and can no longer outrun the changes their roster demands.
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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 16h
We've raised $9424 since I started on my goal to raise $40,000 for REBUILD. Thank you. It's my birthday month. Please support and share if you can. www.mightycause.com/story/Rebuil...
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Support REBUILD 2025: Free Therapy on Mightycause
REBUILD provides FREE therapy for justice-involved and formerly incarcerated people of color.
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Rich Raho @richraho.bsky.social · 16h
The Keynote Speaker at the Annual National Catholic Prayer Breakfast in March, folks.
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Adam Klasfeld @klasfeldreports.com · 17h
Let's not lose sight about the big picture here. Courts keep telling Trump that he's defying the constitution—trying to end-run Congress and the judiciary—to keep his top prosecutors in half a dozen states. All to have loyalists decide who to criminally charge with what in a DOJ under his thumb.
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Gore Vidal Sassoon @jimmyjazz1968.bsky.social · 19h
whenever Biden got to give Israel more weapons it was like the old man in Texas Chainsaw Massacre drinking blood, he sprung back to life
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🏳️‍🌈 Ms. Marya E. Gates 🦩 @oldfilmsflicker.bsky.social · 20h
In August I spoke with Rick Baker about his career after he received a lifetime achievement award at the Locarno Film Festival in Switzerland! This was a real full circle moment for me. One of the first interviews I ever did when I was green was with Baker at TCMFF in 2012.
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Rachel Gilmore @rachelgilmore.bsky.social · 21h
Carney greenwashes and also attempts to Indigenous-wash his pipeline, despite: 1) environmental experts making it clear his ocean conservation plan wont change the fact that this is an orca-killing project 2) Indigenous communities already sounding the alarm about insufficient consultation
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Block Club Chicago @blockclubchi.bsky.social · 21h
Goose Island Shrimp has been serving up fried shrimp since 1973. The restaurant will be honored with a local small business award next week for its contributions to the neighborhood. buff.ly/KMQYwOb
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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 20h
Defunding policing was and is the floor.
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Alabama Reflector @alabamareflector.com · 21h
Via Jennifer Shutt: A D.C. Superior Court judge ruled Thursday that prosecutors cannot, for a second time, charge former Olympic canoeist David Hearn with damaging the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool.
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Judge blocks federal prosecutors from refiling charges in Reflecting Pool case | Alabama Reflector
A D.C. Superior Court judge ruled Thursday that prosecutors cannot, for a second time, charge former Olympic canoeist David Hearn with damaging the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool.
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Brandon Sheffield @brandon.insertcredit.com · 22h
Several weeks ago, Phil Tippett's legendary animation studio in Berkeley, CA closed. An anonymous hero noticed a folder of CDs. This turned out to be hundreds of unseen hi-res images and videos from Star Wars, Robocop, Jurassic Park, etc. ~90 isos for you to browse: archive.org/details/tipp...
A casual Star Wars alien fella at the cantina, in a sun faded, reddish photo. Someone will be mad at me for not knowing who this is. Phil, a balding Caucasian man, poses a model of the garthok, an antagonist from the Coneheads movie.Phil, a balding caucasian man, points at some CG on a CRT computer monitor, as a younger man looks on. The screen shows a model of a dinosaur attacking a jeep, while there's an actual physical model of that event in the foreground for reference.an isolated shot of a star wars vehicle. Sorry, I don't know star wars lol
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Wolf Conservation Center 🐺 @nywolforg.bsky.social · 22h
It's officially pumpkin season, which happens to be a special treat for our ambassador wolves this time of year! 🎃🐺 Although wolves are classified as carnivores, they can sometimes have an omnivorous diet. Along with meat and eggs, wolves may also enjoy fruits like pumpkins. #wolffact
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Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 21h
some descriptive statistics here on the civility industrial complex on college campuses that I haven’t seen analyzed before www.uncivilcollective.org/resources
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Steven Hale @iamstevenhale.bsky.social · 22h
At an ongoing press conference, Christa Pike’s attorneys say she is alive right now although they don’t know her prognosis. @nashvillebanner.bsky.social
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Christopher Wiggins @cwnewser.bsky.social · 23h
SCOOP “When I look at who is being pushed out, who is losing their positions I see people who have been vocal about workplace conditions, people who have been involved in union activity, and people who have raised ongoing concerns about our leadership,” Ash Orr said. www.advocate.com/news/a4te-la...
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Workers fought to save jobs at a national trans rights group. Then came a one-sentence layoff email
Advocates for Trans Equality says a $2.4 million deficit forced painful cuts. Its union says management rejected alternatives that could have saved jobs.
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RoseMarie @rosesbloom24.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
The new Texas PAC spent a staggering $131 million in just 17 days to boost Republican Ken Paxton in his battle for a U.S. Senate seat, new financial reports reveal. And tens of millions more could be on the way. #JamesTalaricoForTexas 🗳️💙 www.axios.com/2026/10/01/t...
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PAC spent $131 million in 17 days to rescue Paxton in Texas Senate race
The scandal-plagued Republican has massive funding edge over Democrat Talarico, reports show.
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TechCrunch @techcrunch.com · 01/10/2026
California governor vetoes bill banning use of ‘pervert glasses’ to secretly record people
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California governor vetoes bill banning use of ‘pervert glasses’ to secretly record people
The California state bill would have penalized people who secretly recorded people in public with wearables equipped with cameras and microphones.
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I Travel Like Sound Dog @chadstanton.blacksky.app · 23h
Big part of how we got here is academics and theoriticians deciding that they’d be totally okay as long as they abandoned the marginalized people with the least social power.
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Turner Classic Movies @tcmtv.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
This October is all treats! 🎃 Fall in love with Star of the Month Myrna Loy, snuggle up with our Spotlight: Sweater Weather, join dynamic duo Mario Cantone & Ben Mankiewicz as Creepy Cinema returns followed by our annual Halloween Terror-thon and SO much more! 🎶 “Bury Me” by Alejandro Escovedo 🎶
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Alex Winter @alexwinter.com · 01/10/2026
AP News: “Israeli strikes in Gaza kill 5, wound 19.” Life is treacherous for the displaced Gazans. They rely on our donations to survive. Please give to my dear friend so she can take care of her children. No amount is too small. And find and help others. 🙏 chuffed.org/project/1981...
My friend’s youngest daughter.
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Chron.com @chron.com · 01/10/2026
"This is a political attack..."
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Whitmire's $127K aide admits working 15-hour weeks in fiery City Hall defense
"This is a political attack..."
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c0nc0rdance @c0nc0rdance.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
You've seen fireworks that look like jellyfish, but what about a jellyfish that looks like fireworks? The E/V Nautilus filmed this rare Halitrephes maasi jellyfish glowing like a firework at a depth of 4,019 feet (1,225 meters) off the coast of Baja California, Mexico. (📷: Ocean Exploration Trust)
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Joel Montfort @montfort.me · 01/10/2026
Ken Paxton has a long history of letting sex offenders off with a slap on the wrist and no requirement to register as sex offenders. www.sacurrent.com/news/politic...
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Ken Paxton's office struck plea deals in three other sex abuse cases beyond one facing scrutiny
The revelation comes as the Texas Attorney General struggles to gain ground with voters in his U.S. Senate race.
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Olivia Messer @oliviamesser.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
And important to note that the above is entirely based on the government’s account of the events. Attorney Matthew G. Borgula told Newsweek that Freeman has pleaded not guilty to the charges and will not be making any public comment I haven’t been able to find a verified gfm for her, so be careful
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#StupidSuez @diplomatofnight.com · 01/10/2026
Fascinating article by an Emirati in an Israeli newspaper which explicitly argues that, due to Iran's geography and overall demographic depth, the only viable solution long term is not merely the overthrow of the IRI but a de facto partition of Iran into a dozen or more patchwork states.
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Iran between contiguous geography and fragmented polity
Iran today stands before a choice that involves not just the fate of the regime, but also the very structure of the state. Opinion.
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John Schwartz @jswatz.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Texas, we can do better. We can have a decent senator from the Lone Star State instead of this corrupt husk. apnews.com/article/ken-...
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Inside Ken Paxton's jet-setting lifestyle: California wineries, European hot spots and ski resorts
When Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton launched his campaign for Senate last year, he skipped the local pageantry.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
We are paying CNN and MS NOW to run ads for Donald Trump right before the midterms. You and I are paying for them. And CNN and MS NOW are taking the cash while their hosts and guests say the scheme is illegal. That is the current state of corporate media in America.
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