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Dr Dean Burnett @drdeanburnett.bsky.social · 7h

"By using AI, tasks like essays that used to take hours can be completed in minutes!" Sure, like how if I arrive at the gym and immediately go for a shower, my workout is done in record time. And if I throw my sandwiches straight in the bin, I can finish my lunch in under 10 seconds.

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Jessica Ellis @baddestmamajama.bsky.social · 8h

People tell these kids their disease doesn’t exist, and possibly even worse, that no one is obligated to do anything to stop it from spreading.

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CZEdwards @czedwards.bsky.social · 8h

And ICE never released what their base number was that grew by 413%. 8 to 33 is 413% growth. Which given they went aggressive? Is a reasonable increase because when people are being treated with contempt and hostility? They react as they’re treated.

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Judah Grunstein @judah-grunstein.bsky.social · 6h

Simply put, across the US and UK, university administrators, their management consultants and their funders no longer consider the arts and humanities worthy of being studied, taught and transmitted. Their vision of human society is anti-humanist. No wonder the kids are at the barricades.

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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 13h

This is a big deal for me and, as I've said a thousand times on here, I think the doomer-narrative of nothing being a win bc Trump and his people lie and cheat is dangerous. They lose. A lot. And rightfully so because they're doing illegal things. And taking those wins is important for democracy.

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Mike Hoerger, PhD, MSCR, MBA @michael-hoerger.bsky.social · 9h

PMC COVlD Update, Oct 5, 2026 ◾️Levels peaked at ≈610,000 estimated new daily infections in mid Sep ◾️36 states still with known outbreaks (see Alt text) ◾️13th COVlD wave Website: pmc19.com Interactive county-level map: pmc19.com/map

The US has at least 36 states and territories with COVlD outbreaks. The apparent wave peak has passed, but transmission remains high across much of the country. States with observed outbreaks include Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, Guam, Hawai'i, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Massachusetts, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Puerto Rico, South Carolina, South Dakota, Texas, the U.S. Virgin Islands, Utah, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, and Wyoming. There are likely outbreaks in additional states. The summary statistic only includes counties with observed data, rather than estimated data. For example, Arkansas, DC, Idaho, Louisiana, Maryland, Nevada, Ohio, Oklahoma, Tennessee, and Wisconsin likely have outbreaks, but monitoring is poor.

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Shveta Thakrar @shvetathakrar.com · 22h

Definitely NOT a badge of honor, as Meg notes below. As a brown midlist author, it's hard enough to get the word out about my books--so if they get banned, that's it. You can't buy or borrow what you don't know exists. (And the author gets blamed for poor sales numbers and can't sell future books.)

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Courtney Price @courtneycprice.bsky.social · 14h

If you live in Louisiana, go check your voter registration. Even if you already checked. This morning mine was fine. Just now I was showing someone how to check and it had changed me to inactive. So they are changing people to inactive as recently as this afternoon.

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wyrm in a hat @wyrninahat.bsky.social · 9h

You should run a trial, Bobby.

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 11h

dennis hastert and jim bakker in the same day feels like an apology for dolly and tim curry

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John Rogers @johnrogers.bsky.social · 11h

Abolish ICE. Fire them all. Prosecute their crimes. Start with prosecuting the crimes first and work your way backward if that makes you more comfortable. But we cannot live in a country with this level of elite impunity.

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Bextatic @bextatic.bsky.social · 11h

My book Multimorbid is about the overwhelm of navigating multiple diagnoses, multiple doctors, multiple medications while immunocompromised and isolated. It is about seeking care, connection and hope in the complex context of chronic illness. www.kithbooks.com/shop/p/multi...

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Multimorbid details the frustrations of seeking, asking for, and receiving care. Wood speaks to the mental toll of chronic illness (“Thoughts poisoned feel/are/feel true / Evidence of competency, capa...

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Shveta Thakrar @shvetathakrar.com · 12h

I will share about my forthcoming ridiculous vampire book, inspired by WHAT WE DO IN THE SHADOWS, but with vampires from Hindu and Buddhist folklore. Thank you for asking! www.harpercollins.com/products/fan...

The cover art for FANGS NOT INCLUDED, featuring four Indian vampire girls, one of whom is holding a camera.

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Claire Willett @clairewillett.bsky.social · 11h

every single thing about all our lives would improve about a thousand percent if RFK was replaced overnight by one Dr. Leonard "Bones" McCoy, complete with his futuristic medical technology can you IMAGINE him reviewing the reports of what his predecessor did

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Andrea Grimes @andreagrimes.com · 13h

In no reasonable world is this necessary and yet here we are. Even if you're not currently pregnant or planning to be, please share this widely among your people. You never know how far something like this might be shared. And it will probably save a life.

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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 14h

New York, it’s official. We’re extending our Open Play program to keep select fields lit at night for free pickup soccer this fall & next summer. Restarting tonight, you can play soccer from 10pm-2am at select parks in all 5 boroughs. Drop in or sign up online. Locations/details at nycopenplay.com

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Andrea Grimes @andreagrimes.com · 13h

If you are outraged about this (and you should be, and I bet you are if you're reading this) and you want to do something about it: crank up that VPN and search for "ICE watch" or related activities + wherever you live. Get your Signal login going. Sign up for everything.

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Andrea Grimes @andreagrimes.com · 13h

I love this! @ me if you can link people to how to get plugged into anti-ICE work in your geography and I'll repost you.

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Jessica Ellis @baddestmamajama.bsky.social · 13h

Gotta tell you, a thing I worry a lot about is that we dominate the midterms and then own-goal so hard for two years the presidential race is yet another nail biter. Why do I fear that? Because it’s fucking happened with these same people.

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matte jones @pillowfort.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

without any doubt:

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A.R. Moxon @juliusgoat.bsky.social · 12h

Biden: The MAGA wing, well gosh, listen, they’re, it’s, a bit of a flirt with fascism, no kidding around Media: Democratic rhetoric invites political violence Trump: The nuclear flames that burn every mongrel soul in San Diego will be a cleansing fire. Media: Trump makes his case in Nebraska

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Mike Drucker @mikedrucker.bsky.social · 18h

Just saw someone say their AI runs their fantasy football team and I can’t stop laughing. Like, I’m sure everyone’s doing it or something but it’s very funny to me that pretending to be a team manager was so hard that you needed to pretend to pretend to be a team manager

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B @judi-hench.bsky.social · 13h

Meme from Peaky Blinders. Cillian Murphy is instructing his men, "No hate-watching! No! Fucking! Hate! Watching!"

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Nathan Tankus @nathantankus.bsky.social · 20h

This piece highlights something that doesn't get talked enough: Progressives should put forward a proposed set of rules for a new congress to facilitate defeating the far right and actually legislate.

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A.R. Moxon @juliusgoat.bsky.social · 20h

A $550 million dollar bribe.

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Jared Pechaček @vandroidhelsing.bsky.social · 20h

me when the veil’s thin

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A curtain parts, revealing a fishnet-covered leg. The leg emerges fully, along with the ghost to which it’s attached. In the final panel, the ghost tap dances with a top hat and cane (held in invisible hands)

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Dayv @dayv.wtf · 20h

Perhaps the most telling thing about any corporation, government, or other body of power is what questions they simply choose not to answer.

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Micah @rincewind.run · 19h

looking at the headlines related to these numbers for each president is... instructive

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McBoo-lie @mcjulie.bsky.social · 20h

I continue to think that being “too big to fail” is **exactly** their plan for how to navigate the coming crash, and it’s why they’re pushing so hard to get everybody using pricy commercial AI products all the time for everything, even in cases where there is a clear downside (ie, education)

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Micah @rincewind.run · 19h

I mean, it’s an incentive thing right now companies, even ones who aren’t ideologically aligned with the GOP, do believe the GOP will fuck them over for not going along and they don’t believe Dems will impose consequences for that you’ve gotta change that, executives need to think twice

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Count Draugula @artd.bsky.social · 19h

the abolitionist's dilemma

venn diagram
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some people need their ass beat
right
punishment does not transform people
middle
me

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VERTICAL📼BLANKING📺INTERVAL @vertiblank.bsky.social · 20h

A Hark! A Vagrant classic

Watson: Oooh, what’s that you’ve got?
Franklin: My final report
Watson: Little Rosie Franklin’s research! I bet it’s something!
Franklin: ROSALIND.
Crick: Oh, that’s a big name
W: You’re getting fancy on us! Tell me—
F: Ah. I love this game.
W: Is it a scientific breakthrough in feelings?
F: Well, I suppose I have to go into hysterics or have a baby somewhere, good day gentlemen
W: GO, GO
[W and C slip a look at F’s notes]
C: Nice
W: Quit hogging

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David Greene @davidgreene.bsky.social · 19h

Again, let's just stop & remember that age-based legal restrictions on access to social media/online services are a bad idea & infringe the rights of young people to speak, access information and arts & culture, find community and play. Then look at the madness involved in trying to make them work.

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Wagatwe Wanjuki @wagatwe.bsky.social · 19h

"they're crazy" guess what rape does to your mental health! "she's broke" guess what rape does to your finances! "he's bitter" guess what surviving rape does to your vision of the world!

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Rosemary Mosco @rosemarymosco.com · 22h

Spooky bird stories. My Halloween comic from 2024.

A comic titled Spooky Bird Stories. In panel 1, a turkey vulture is telling stories to other vultures, and it says, "She walked toward the source of the terrible smell. She got closer and closer, and then, to her horror, she saw... No dead body." A black vulture says "No!" and a turkey vulture says "Did someone already eat it??" In panel 2, a northern cardinal is telling a story to some songbirds. It says "They peered through the windows of the house at the gory scene. Zombies had smashed through the door in the night. The homeowner was dead. But worst of all... He hadn't refilled the feeders." An eastern bluebird says "Aaah!" and an American goldfinch says "It can't be!". In panel 3, A screech owl is telling a story to other owls. It says "And then the ghost fluffed itself up really big to appear scarier." A saw-whet owl gasps, and a long-eared owl says "Horrifying!". In panel 4, a downy woodpecker is telling a story to other woodpeckers, and says "The eerie sound rang through the dark woods. Tap-tap. Tap-tap. It was the distinctive two-part knock of the Ivory-billed Woodpecker. The species had returned from the dead... FOR REVENGE." A red-cockaded woodpecker says "Yesss".

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Arif "Felonious Munk" Shahid @feloniousmunk.blacksky.app · 19h

I check my voter registration once a quarter. Probably because i couldn't vote for so long (felon.) Here is your periodic reminder that "felons can't ever vote" is untrue in the majority of states. If you are a felon and want to vote, check your state laws. Outside of KY/IA restoration is possible.

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Erika Hall @erikahall.bsky.social · 18h

back in the day when some code got out and started traveling around the internet and fucking things up, we understood it to be some combination of malevolence, negligence, and incompetence.

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Prof Gavin Yamey MD MPH @gavinyamey.bsky.social · 18h

Essential, brilliant reporting by @by-cjewett.bsky.social It's TERRIFYING: MAHA folks are INVESTIGATING pediatricians, who are some of the lowest paid docs in the professions, for vaccinating kids It's part of a 20-year anti-vaxx campaign by RFK Jr "that some of his political allies have joined"

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K. Thor Jensen @kthorjensen.bsky.social · 21h

chat is this good

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A customer just tried to use an employee discount code that ChatGPT gave her. I work at a high-end clothing store and clocked in to my manager telling me about the most unhinged interaction from yesterday. A woman walked in asking if she could use a 40% off code she got online. We don't have any sales running, so my manager looks at the screen and realizes ChatGPT straight up handed this woman a real employee's internal ID number.

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Nome @nome.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

STRUCTURAL

A woodcut illustration of a bearded man in a top hat and three piece suit, cigar held firmly in his mouth. His eyes are shadowed by his hat brim, and his left hand is casually held in his pants pocket while his right hand holds a massive bowie knife.

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Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

If you’re still wearing a mask, thank you. Please know you’re not alone. Many of us still mask, test and isolate when sick. Being the lone masker can be difficult, but your long term health is worth it. As a high risk, immunocompromised person… I see and appreciate you.

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Rex Huppke @rexhuppke.bsky.social · 18h

I don't mean to make waves or anything, but as a journalist, I am definitely opposed to the president talking about arresting journalists.

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Olivia Waite @oliviawaite.com · 17h

So turns out the answer to “if Franklin knew it was a helix why wasn’t it in her notes” turns out to be “because the famous photo was a second, better photograph she took for accuracy and all the useful notes stayed with the earlier flawed photo where she talks about it being a helix.”

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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 19h

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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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 19h

Working on a story about this and hoping to speak to USA Today journalists or journalists at other Gannett to better understand the editorial process. Anonymity granted. Contact info in bio.

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Doctora Malka Older @older.bsky.social · 17h

Comemierdas. (the programmers, companies, every person responsible, not the fucking computer which has no agency or decision-making and can't even eat shit)

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