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Diana in Palo Alto @dianainpaloalto.bsky.social · 5h

Is he a real life Colonel Steven J. Lockjaw?

Diana in Palo Alto @dianainpaloalto.bsky.social · 5h

Thanks for the review.

Diana in Palo Alto @dianainpaloalto.bsky.social · 23h

Companies are turning to AI to detect the authenticity of expense account receipts many of which are, you guessed it, fake/created by AI.

Diana in Palo Alto @dianainpaloalto.bsky.social · 23h

Terrific interview of A House of Dynamite screenwriter, Noah Oppenheim, and Atlantic staff writer (and, former prof at Naval War College) @radiofreetom.bsky.social
I had high anxiety after listening.
www.theatlantic.com/podcasts/arc...

This Movie Makes Nuclear War Feel Disturbingly Possible

An interview with the A House of Dynamite screenwriter Noah Oppenheim and Tom Nichols

www.theatlantic.com

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Diana in Palo Alto @dianainpaloalto.bsky.social · 1d

Needed this reminder that heroes still exist.

MAKS 25 👀🇺🇦 @maks23.bsky.social · 1d

🦁🇺🇦 The MrBeast team flew to Ukraine to rescue three lions — in his latest YouTube video, he travels to different continents to save over a thousand animals.

Diana in Palo Alto @dianainpaloalto.bsky.social · 1d

Not just Yale Law. Nicholas Creel, law professor at Georgia College and State University, recently proposed the same theory in a debate with Rachel Van Landingham on the NewsHour. This theory seems to be getting more traction in conservative circles.

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Jenn Burrill @jennburrill.bsky.social · 1d

In Sept, Larry Bushart Jr. posted trolling memes on a Facebook about a vigil for Charlie Kirk about why the right-wing activist did not deserve to be lionized & warning of the escalating assault on free speech...

He’s been in jail ever since

Reports @theintercept.com
@lilianasegura.bsky.social

The Absurd Prosecution of a Man Who Posted a Charlie Kirk Meme

Larry Bushart Jr. posted trolling memes on a Facebook thread about a vigil for Kirk. He’s been in a Tennessee jail ever since.

theintercept.com

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Diana in Palo Alto @dianainpaloalto.bsky.social · 1d

In the U.S., a country where untreated mental illness & substance abuse are at epidemic proportions, @lollardfish.bsky.social makes a good case for more legal & ethical oversight of AI to protect these vulnerable populations.

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Gillian Brockell @gbrockell.bsky.social · 1d

It has now stopped in Cambodia — 40 hours — and Laos — 44 hours.

If it keeps following the route it did for ICE last month, there will be one more stop in Vietnam.

Think about everything you’ve done since about 4am on Friday. That’s how long these people have been shackled on a plane.

A flightradar24 map showing a 777 going from Phnom Penh to Vientiane. I confirmed this was Omni N819AX on ADSBx.

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Kevin Elliott @kjephd.bsky.social · 3d

The investment in climate change denialism has visible returns

Conrad Hackett @conradhackett.bsky.social · 3d

86% of Democrats say the U.S. should prioritize expanding wind & solar production
67% of Republicans say it's more important to get energy from fossil fuel sources
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Ernesto Castañeda @drernestocast.bsky.social · 3d

The U.S.-Belize 3rd country agreement "is a symbolic step because a lot fewer people are currently arriving who are seeking asylum at the U.S. southern border," Castañeda said.

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Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 8d

This is what democracy looks like. #NoKings

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TheHerm @herminator12.bsky.social · 8d

A beautiful Bald Eagle circled overhead during our protest in Burnsville Minnesota and the crowd went wild
#NoKings #Minnesota

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Diana in Palo Alto @dianainpaloalto.bsky.social · 9d

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Tyler King @tyleraking.com · 9d

“In a partnership announced this week, Amazon will allow approximately 5,000 local law enforcement agencies to request access to Ring camera footage via surveillance platforms from Flock Safety.”

Diana in Palo Alto @dianainpaloalto.bsky.social · 9d

x.com/mrmatthewtod...

Matthew Todd 🌏🔥 on X: "It’s absolutely incredible that we are acting like this is not happening. We’ve been in an unprecedented planetary emergency for decades with no real acknowledgment or reaction of the magnitude of what we are facing. This is going to kill us and there is no vaccine or way to turn" / X

It’s absolutely incredible that we are acting like this is not happening. We’ve been in an unprecedented planetary emergency for decades with no real acknowledgment or reaction of the magnitude of what we are facing. This is going to kill us and there is no vaccine or way to turn

x.com

Diana in Palo Alto @dianainpaloalto.bsky.social · 10d

Marc Benioff, once an adored Bay Area Democrat and now a pariah who lives mostly in Hawaii & is currently attempting to do a deal with Donald Trump/aid ICE. Sad.

Salesforce Tries to Help ICE Boost Its Immigration Force www.nytimes.com/2025/10/16/u...

Salesforce Tries to Help ICE Boost Its Immigration Force

www.nytimes.com

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The Steady State @steadystatevets.bsky.social · 10d

Accelerating Authoritarian Dynamics: Assessment of Democratic Decline. Key Findings

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Diana in Palo Alto @dianainpaloalto.bsky.social · 10d

Ex-Trump adviser John Bolton indicted by a federal grand jury - NBC News

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 10d

We Found That More Than 170 U.S. Citizens Have Been Held by Immigration Agents. They’ve Been Kicked, Dragged and Detained for Days.

More Than 170 U.S. Citizens Have Been Held by Immigration Agents. They’ve Been Kicked, Dragged and Detained for Days.

The government does not track how often immigration agents grab citizens. So ProPublica did. Our tally — almost certainly incomplete — includes people who were held for days without a lawyer. And near...

www.propublica.org

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Diana in Palo Alto @dianainpaloalto.bsky.social · 13d

Counting the days & minutes til The Diplomat season premiere.

a man in a suit and tie is standing in a field with the words " is it time yet " on the bottom

ALT: a man in a suit and tie is standing in a field with the words " is it time yet " on the bottom

media.tenor.com

Diana in Palo Alto @dianainpaloalto.bsky.social · 13d

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PBS News @pbsnews.org · 13d

A Republican attack on a core provision of the Voting Rights Act that is designed to protect racial minorities comes to the Supreme Court this week, more than a decade after the justices knocked out another pillar of the 60-year-old law.
https://to.pbs.org/42GW5hU

LISTEN LIVE: SCOTUS hears redistricting case that could reduce representation for Black voters

In arguments Wednesday, lawyers for Louisiana and the Trump administration will try to persuade the justices to wipe away the state's second majority Black congressional district and make it much harder, if not impossible, to take account of race in red...

www.pbs.org

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Diana in Palo Alto @dianainpaloalto.bsky.social · 13d

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