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Rep. Jamie Raskin @raskin.house.gov · 1h

The president wants all the parts of government closed that he can't personally profit from. So he doesn't care about health care for your family. He wants to build a White House ballroom and promote bitcoin.

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Gloria is here! @gloriasin.bsky.social · 44m

I think digital journalism relied too heavily on Big Tech (SEO/Google Search & Ads/ social), and now here we are. We actually need quality journalism more than ever, but the business and tech sides have failed the industry.

Elizabeth Spiers @espiers.bsky.social · 6h

Also, this is good @joshtpm.bsky.social on a stupid early mistake that still haunts independent digital journalism: talkingpointsmemo.com/tpm-25/the-o...

The Original Sin of Digital Media Was the Belief That Digital Journalists Were Part of the Tech Business

I want to begin this introduction to our 25th anniversary essay series...

talkingpointsmemo.com

Gloria is here! @gloriasin.bsky.social · 59m

But it's a small price to pay for those tax cuts to the millionaires and billionaires, aimrite MAGA?

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 9h

THUNE: These premiums are going up a little bit b/c of the expiration of the enhanced tax credits

VITALI: I think people hearing their premiums are doubling don't feel that it's a little bit

T: I'm just saying only a small part of that is attributable to the expiration of the enhanced tax credits

Gloria is here! @gloriasin.bsky.social · 1h

Unless you just want to look like a doctor that cured cancer...

Gloria is here! @gloriasin.bsky.social · 1h

Once again, what's the business pitch for an app full of fake videos that no human is looking at? Bot engagement doesn't count. What problem are you solving?

Parker Molloy @parkermolloy.com · 2h

I got access to the Sora AI app the other day. It's weird. It's unsettling. It's set up like TikTok, but for AI slop videos. It's bad.

Kat Tenbarge @kattenbarge.bsky.social · 5h

For @spitfirenews.com, I found that increasingly realistic AI-generated videos are being deployed to harass, smear, and create endless offensive content of influencers, whose likenesses are already readily available online. It’s happening to private figures, too.
spitfirenews.com/p/ai-generat...

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Khashoggi's Ghost @urocklive1.bsky.social · 1h

Of course.

lydelle buster @babyshoes4cash.com · 1h

so,
www.theverge.com/news/646797/...

NHTSA staffers evaluating the risks of self-driving cars were reportedly fired by DOGE

More DOGE firings.

www.theverge.com

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Gloria is here! @gloriasin.bsky.social · 1h

Maybe he's jelly of Katy Perry.

Gloria is here! @gloriasin.bsky.social · 1h

AI videos are trash. AI Chatbots are trash. AI content is also trash. I can't think of a legitimate use case that is GOOD for humans.

Kat Tenbarge @kattenbarge.bsky.social · 5h

For @spitfirenews.com, I found that increasingly realistic AI-generated videos are being deployed to harass, smear, and create endless offensive content of influencers, whose likenesses are already readily available online. It’s happening to private figures, too.
spitfirenews.com/p/ai-generat...

AI-generated influencer scandals are here

Now anyone can play with the hyperrealistic likenesses of public figures.

spitfirenews.com

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Gloria is here! @gloriasin.bsky.social · 1h

Time to change your web browser!

Zach D Roberts @zdroberts.bsky.social · 1h

Hey @developers.google.com NO ONE WANTS THIS.

Screenshot saying Chrome is now more helpful with new AI features.

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Meredith Whittaker @meredithmeredith.bsky.social · 8h

"I don't have anything to hide why should I care about privacy?"

Heather Burns @heatherburnstech.bsky.social · 17h

The politician in South Carolina who has introduced a bill redefining contraception as abortion also wants people who share websites to be charged with aiding and abetting homicide.

When asked why his bill redefines contraception, Cash admitted he believes certain forms of birth control are “an early abortion.” When pressed about allowing homicide charges against abortion patients—which could mean the death penalty in South Carolina—he shrugged it off: “It’s wrong to kill an innocent person.”

And when asked about whether someone could be criminally charged for calling an abortion clinic, or sharing a clinic website with a friend, Cash compared it to “sharing a website to find a killer to rub your wife out.”

“If you’re aiding and abetting the killing of an innocent person,” he said, “you’re going to be held accountable.”

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Gloria is here! @gloriasin.bsky.social · 1h

Team AOC, Bernie and Warren all the way. Why is this any surprise?

Jake Grumbach @jakemgrumbach.bsky.social · 2h

AOC has just officially become the top House fundraiser, beating out Hakeem Jeffries. Now lemme take a big sip of coffee as I look at the age distribution of donors to AOC vs Jeffries

Alexandria Ocasio Cortez
80000
60000
40000
20000
0
Bernie Sanders
200000
Number of Donations
150000
100000
50000
Elizabeth Warren
60000
40000
20000
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25
50
Donor Age
75

Hakeem Jeffries
40000
30000
20000
10000
Nancy Pelosi
100000
Number of
Donations
75000
50000
25000
Suzan DelBene
2000
1500
1000
500
25
50
75
Donor Age

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Gloria is here! @gloriasin.bsky.social · 1h

Why would you drag AOC down with Booker? He's so useless.

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Gloria is here! @gloriasin.bsky.social · 1h

youtu.be/NM0fEIhNZYU?...

Rep. AOC and Senator Sanders Join CNN Town Hall to Discuss Republicans' Government Shutdown

YouTube video by RepAOC

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Politico @politico.com · 2h

Top Silicon Valley Democrat Ron Conway resigned from Marc Benioff's foundation, citing the Salesforce CEO's National Guard remarks.

Top Silicon Valley Democrat breaks with Marc Benioff as rift deepens

Venture capitalist Ron Conway said Benioff’s recent calls for National Guard troops in San Francisco left him barely recognizing the person he has so long admired.

www.politico.com

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Reuters @reuters.com · 2h

Salesforce sued by authors over artificial intelligence software reut.rs/4o4RJtt

Salesforce sued by authors over artificial intelligence software

Cloud-computing firm Salesforce was hit with a proposed class action lawsuit by two authors who alleged the company used thousands of books without permission to train its artificial intelligence software.

reut.rs

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Gloria is here! @gloriasin.bsky.social · 5h

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PatriotTakes 🇺🇸 @patriottakes.bsky.social · 5h

“DEMOCRATE”

Gloria is here! @gloriasin.bsky.social · 5h

Haha

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Gloria is here! @gloriasin.bsky.social · 6h

As long as it keeps working ...

ryan cooper @ryanlcooper.com · 6h

*42 percent* of all Windows users are still on 10?! aftermath.site/windows-11-n...

I Will Go Down Swinging Against Windows 11 - Aftermath

The end of support for Windows 10 is a mess

aftermath.site

Gloria is here! @gloriasin.bsky.social · 6h

Hell yeah! They were great at the CNN Town Hall yesterday.

Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 21h

AOC: You're damn right that it's a Democratic priority to keep people from getting poisoned, from dangerous chemicals

You're damn right that it's a Democratic priority to bring down the cost of housing

If they want to say that that's a Democratic priority, they're right,

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Charles Ornstein @charlesornstein.bsky.social · 7h

Extraordinary NEW story: We Found That More Than 170 U.S. Citizens Have Been Held by Immigration Agents. They’ve Been Kicked, Dragged and Detained for Days. @nicolefoy.bsky.social w/ photos by @sbmaneyphoto.bsky.social

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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Black Unity Over Disagreement (he/him) @audubonballroom.bsky.social · 14h

An editor for The New York Times wrote an open letter to a woman who told him to "go back to China." Asian-Americans responded by sharing their own racist moments using #thisis2016. Here are some of those moments.
Warning: This video includes racial slurs and vulgarities.

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 22h

Andrew, we're voting you off the island and back to the suburbs.

Our new ad just aired during Survivor.

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Gloria is here! @gloriasin.bsky.social · 17h

At this point, it's clear a vote for Shittarelli is a vote for Trump, who wants Jersey and New York to fail:
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/15/n...

Trump Says $16 Billion Hudson River Tunnel Project Is ‘Terminated’

www.nytimes.com

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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 18h

On a sunny day, my ex came to the hair salon where I worked – and shot me at close range

Rachel Williams says domestic violence is a ‘national emergency’. After she survived her ex’s final attack, her traumatised teenage son took his own life, and she began campaigning to end the terrible cycle of abuse

www.theguardian.com

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CNN @cnn.com · 22h

HAPPENING NOW: Sen. Bernie Sanders and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez are answering questions at a CNN town hall moderated by Kaitlan Collins as the US government shutdown hits the two-week mark.

Watch CNN and follow live: https://cnn.it/4omk2TY

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