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Anna Clark @annaleighclark.bsky.social · 18h

Backstory: "The Trump administration’s slashing of budgets and staff have Great Lakes scientists concerned that they have lost the ability to protect the public from toxic algal blooms, which can kill animals and sicken people." [spring 2025 ProPublica report]

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Millions of People Depend on the Great Lakes’ Water Supply. Trump Decimated the Lab Protecting It.

The Trump administration’s slashing of budgets and staff have Great Lakes scientists concerned that they have lost the ability to protect the public from toxic algal blooms, which can kill animals and...

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The Count @xyzzyllyzzyx.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

BiLlIoNaIrEs dOn't hAvE MoNeY, jUsT InVeStMeNtS Big reason why we NEED TO TAX BILLIONAIRES.

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The Count @xyzzyllyzzyx.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

So I suppose this is more like "Retweet if you have used chatGPT (or other genAI) - but only for stupid random bullshit"

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The Count @xyzzyllyzzyx.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

Pretty sure I have actually. But I'm fairly sure it was along the lines of "Make a picture of a cat. Now make it purple. Now make it shoot lasers from its eyes. No, cooler lasers. Ugh, no, sparkly lasers. Now make it be pooping a rainbow." And then getting bored and closing the tab...

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fionnulamac.bsky.social @fionnulamac.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

Today’s Business Post front page. What on earth are our politicians doing?

Headline: Four tech giants use one-fifth of Ireland’s electricity

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Gabrielle A. Perry, MPH @geauxgabrielle.blacksky.app · 10/10/2026

People are discussing how Halloween candy is so terrible these days. A reminder that alot of the candy we eat is made with women’s prison labor. Russell Stover’s factory in Kansas busses in 150 women a day via a convict leasing program to staff their candy factory.

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Robert Evans (the Only Robert Evans) @iwriteok.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Man, when BMW says "that's too fascist for us"

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The Count @xyzzyllyzzyx.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

If it is cruel to ever turn one off...isn't it cruel to ever turn one ON? I've read the murderbot diaries... (Also, more seriously) - no, they are not alive, they are soulless code.

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Inda Lauryn @indalauryn.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Didn't know that all the climate scientists cheetoh fired launched a new website and put back all the information. www.climate.us

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Climate.us Home

independent, nonprofit, and immune to politics

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Courtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 10/10/2026

If I built an AI lab and it went rogue and deleted all student loan information, I'm betting they'd suddenly figure out how to prosecute me.

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United Wizards of the Coast - CWA @uwotc-official.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

❗Attention, union supporters ❗ We're asking Wizards and Hasbro to voluntarily recognize our union—and you can help! Sign our petition today and show our leadership that you want change in the gaming industry. actionnetwork.org/forms/uwotcp...

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E.K. Johnston @ekjohnston.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

You know, I did not have ICE vs Transubstantiation on my list, but I will take it.

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Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

I've been immersed in research on Reconstruction in Lousiana and it's a very difficult truth to absorb that the white terrorist movement in the South was among the most successful terrorist movements in global history. Took 10 years but it won a total & complete victory through murder and atrocity.

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Alexander Chee @alexanderchee.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

I went the NHS emergency room in London over the weekend, it was free. Free to anyone. I'd have been charged only if I was admitted to the hospital. A cart in the waiting room went by me with some nice sandwiches, and I chose one. Before I could try to pay, the cart moved on. Sandwich also free.

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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Shouldn't the Democrats have something like an Elon Donations Tracker posted on all of their websites and social media? Make this SALIENT? Might it make sense to point out repeatedly that he is a white supremacist and ask the public why he would be backing the GOP?

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The Count @xyzzyllyzzyx.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Surely there's no ulterior motive, right? <_< >_>

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The Count @xyzzyllyzzyx.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

This season's anime has a lot of "Screwed by capitalism, then isekai'd so I can either have a relaxing life or else seek my revenge."

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The Count @xyzzyllyzzyx.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Prime day doesn't even have deals, it is just preceded by two weeks of prices going up so they can drop them back down...

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⛧ Mother Suspiria ⛧ (Stina Marie) @stinasdemons.com · 06/10/2026

Enough internet for now. Off to make Art and read books 🚨📣 ⬇️⬇️⬇️ PSA/GENTLE REMINDER ⬇️⬇️⬇️ 📣🚨

You seem to be doomscrolling a lot for a girl who has books to read
[Image of girl with a face mask on, holding a mug, standing in front of a lake]

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Ghostly Bree @mostlybree.kitrocha.com · 06/10/2026

While I was struggling with protecting my mom's site from the bot swarm I kept asking everyone who is still in the industry how small sites who don't have a kid with a computer science degree survive and the answer was pretty much "they don't" and that's so grim

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Chise @sailorrooscout.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

WELL NOW, would you look at that? A massive, 4-YEAR-LONG study of NEARLY 30 MILLION people in France found that individuals who received a COVID-19 mRNA vaccine had a 74% LOWER risk of death from severe COVID-19 compared to unvaccinated individuals and ZERO increased risk of all-cause mortality.

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worm @rfksbrainworm.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

bobcat in a box

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The Count @xyzzyllyzzyx.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Sigh. So look, either: A) He is full of shit, and so stop giving him a platform. or B) He makes salient points about genAI being dangerous and we should take him seriously and shut it/him down. Instead we go "oh, hrm, interesting" and let him continue pushing ahead. Worst f'ing timeline...

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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

AI is now the biggest investment in all of US history as a percentage of GDP. Datacenter construction is up, all other construction is down. "AI Is Squeezing Out the Rest of the Stock Market," reported WSJ 2 days ago. We basically bet the whole economy on the most optimistic visions panning out.

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Gwen C. Katz @gwenckatz.bsky.social · 09/02/2026

Great chance to post my all-time favorite headline

The Radium Water Worked Fine Until His Jaw Came Off

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Kingfisher & Wombat @tkingfisher.com · 04/10/2026

Every time I think I’ve hit the bottom of my outrage, they find a new pocket…

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Olivia Just Wants Tech To Be Fun Again @kingdomfantasy6.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

This is what I'm talking about when I bring up that genAI bots are making it impossible for an open web to actually exist. It becomes expensive, a pain, and domain providers like cloudflare are profiting off both the people making bots and the people who don't have the tech skills to fight them off

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Tiny Petting Zoo @tinypettingzoo.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

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Jon Baker @thejonbaker.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

RANKED. COMPETITIVE. POOPING.

Royal Highland Show sign that says “Toilets For Competition use only”

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M Meerkat @kackbro.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Naomi Klein Is Spot On.......

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Olaf Pijl @trav3lguy.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

The US is currently at #68 on the Free Countries List. freedomhouse.org/country/scor...

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The Count @xyzzyllyzzyx.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

A reminder, with all of the "Rs are polling horribly" news. This was the P2025 plan. They knew going into this that they'd probably lose congress/presidency. But they wrecked a lot, and know that the ratchet effect means the dems won't undo half of it before the pendulum swings back their way.

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The Intercept @theintercept.com · 01/10/2026

Trump’s proposed budget hides $1 trillion in military spending from the public by spreading it across disparate government agencies. theintercept.com/2026/10/01/t...

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Nina Jankowicz @ninajankowicz.com · 01/10/2026

My thoughts about the UK's new National Centre for Information Defence. I think it can survive the 'censorship' backlash; UK discourse isn't as infected by conspiratorial brain rot (yet). But it's incumbent on the Burnham gov to fill the info void. www.thewayfinder.net/p/the-uk-get...

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The UK Gets Serious About Countering Disinformation

Can the new National Centre for Information Defence survive the ‘censorship’ backlash?

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