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SPRAVDI - Stratcom Centre @stratcomcentre.bsky.social · 7h

Hungary's Russian-backed Orban regime now resorts to atrocious fake AI productions in attempt to please their Kremlin master.

Now presenting the Ukrainian President in a ridiculous video that implies Ukraine has taken over Hungary's smartphones with a fake spy app.

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Anton Gerashchenko @antongerashchenko.bsky.social · 4h

"Donkey, what unit are you from? Are you an assaultman or a rear folk?"

A Russian soldier filmed a donkey wearing a helmet and body armor.

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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 2h

That’s crazy. I wonder what happened in January

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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 3h

Wow. Trump's masked federal agents tear-gassed a crowd in Chicago and ended up gassing a bunch of local Chicago cops who were there to *deescalate tensions.* One local cop was captured on film washing out his eyes with a hose:

chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...

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George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 2h

www.notus.org/health-scien...

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Anne Lutz Fernandez @lutzfernandez.bsky.social · 2h

The ethical issues around labor and the environment that remain, with a ChatGPT query using 10x the electricity as a Google search.
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Anne Lutz Fernandez @lutzfernandez.bsky.social · 18h

I've updated my document that tackles four of the common arguments used to encourage teachers to use AI.

I hope this will be helpful to those educators wanting to push back on AI mania.

Resisting School AI Mania Help Sheet

Help Sheet: Resisting AI Mania in Schools K-12 educators are under increasing pressure to use—and have students use—a wide range of AI tools. (The term “AI” is used loosely here, just as it is by man...

docs.google.com

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Max Boot @maxboot.bsky.social · 2h

“This guy is an officer, who also wears a civilian hat, who is also representing the secretary, who also is in the secretary’s front office, who also still has a private law firm,” one person said. “It’s like, who is he representing here?” www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...

Hegseth’s legal fixer at the center of Pentagon’s new media restrictions

Tim Parlatore represented Hegseth when he faced sexual assault allegations, and he also counts alleged mobsters and President Donald Trump as former clients.

www.washingtonpost.com

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Bill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · 13h

I know this is a very difficult story to report … but finding out whatever we can about these people being killed in extrajudicial executions at sea seems like a pretty high priority right now.

Amarnath Amarasingam @amaramarasingam.bsky.social · 18h

The military has now killed 27 people as if they were enemy soldiers in a war zone and not criminal suspects. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/14/u...

U.S. Military Kills Another 6 People in 5th Caribbean Strike, Trump Says

www.nytimes.com

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 13h

🔥 COUNTRY SINGER @bryanandrewsmusic.bsky.social : "You don't get to call yourself a Christian and laugh when families are torn apart — and think it's okay that the highest court in the land just gave a green light to ICE agents to target people because they’re brown or speaking Spanish.”

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Olga Nesterova @onestpress.onestnetwork.com · 13h

Goodness gracious.

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Kara Swisher @karaswisher.bsky.social · 13h

Zero surprise that the new GOP is manufacturing these horrible young men www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

‘I love Hitler’: Leaked messages expose Young Republicans’ racist chat

Thousands of private messages reveal young GOP leaders joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape.

www.politico.com

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Adam Klasfeld @klasfeldreports.com · 13h

Extraordinary NYT story:

Trump’s DOJ pressured out another US Attorney in WESTERN Virginia for finding that a grand jury probe his bosses demanded was unwarranted.

They wanted a case discrediting the Russia probe — evidence be damned. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/14/u...

U.S. Attorney Was Forced Out After Clashes Over How to Handle Russia Inquiry

www.nytimes.com

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 13h

Klippenstein: The memo says it considers as indicators things like anti-Christian sentiment, anti-government views, and anti-traditional family positions.

These are descriptors that would cover millions and millions of people in this country.

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Carl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · 12h

Sam Altman: "Now that we have been able to mitigate the serious mental health issues and have new tools, we are going to be able to safely relax the restrictions in most cases."

I'd like to know what they've done to mitigate AI-induced psychosis, which I think is far more common that reported here.

Can AI chatbots trigger psychosis? What the science says

Chatbots can reinforce delusional beliefs, and, in rare cases, users have experienced psychotic episodes.

www.nature.com

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Judd Legum @juddlegum.bsky.social · 1d

6. The revolving door between Amazon and the Bezos Earth Fund is particularly concerning, as Amazon’s carbon emissions have increased by over 50% since 2018, largely driven by increased energy usage associated with AI. Bezos Earth Fund argues that AI is part of the solution to climate change.

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Judd Legum @juddlegum.bsky.social · 1d

1. In 2022, Jeff Bezos promised to give away the majority of his wealth during his lifetime.

It is not going well.

Since making the pledge, his net worth has almost doubled to $240 billion.

Meanwhile, he has given less than $5 billion to charity.

Jeff Bezos Can’t Give Away His Money

Maybe he should ask his ex-wife.

oligarchwatch.substack.com

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 1d

one response to this (correct) observation is to say “well, the cops will attack you no matter how you dress and behave.” that’s right. images of cops and ICE beating grandmas and kids in inflatable frog costumes is a win for the opposition.

Dr. Samantha Hancox-Li @sjshancoxli.liberalcurrents.com · 1d

one of the reasons they're so mad at "no kings" is that they thought they were going to get a different kind of protest. they *want* the black bloc to be out there fighting with the cops. those are the images they've been trying to generate from "go." instead--

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MAGA Rage at “No Kings” Boils Over—and It Quickly Backfires on Trump

As Trump allies smear the coming protests, a good writer on MAGA skewers the absurdity of these attacks on large swaths of Americans—and explains why our best recourse will be to turn out in force.

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Anton Gerashchenko @antongerashchenko.bsky.social · 1d

More nuclear threats from the Russian propagandists should Ukraine get Tomahawks.

Solovyev has said that "they [the West] will die but we'll go to heaven" at least three times in the past couple of weeks.

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Olga Nesterova @onestpress.onestnetwork.com · 1d

Congress or Duma?

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Olga Nesterova @onestpress.onestnetwork.com · 1d

Russia is eyeing NATO

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leslierob007.bsky.social @leslierob007.bsky.social · 23h

the boycott will continue til they learn to human right...

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Craig Pittman @craigtimes.bsky.social · 23h

Choosing to bathe in cringe, crime and irony all at once, a #Florida lawyer named his company “The Noble Attorney” — then used it to swindle the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs out of $124,809. www.miamiherald.com/news/busines... via @miamiherald.com

Miami Beach’s ‘The Noble Attorney’ ripped off the VA to the tune of $124K

Choosing to bathe in cringe, crime and irony all at once, a Miami Beach lawyer named his company “The Noble Attorney” — then used it to swindle the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs out of $124,809.

www.miamiherald.com

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 1d

STATEMENT — PENTAGON PRESS ASSOCIATION on Secretary of War (on Journalism) Hegseth revoking credentials because they won’t agree to a new draconian policy where he controls everything they do: “violates the first amendment.. a concern to all”

As we send them $1 TRILLION yearly🤔

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Melanie D’Arrigo @darrigomelanie.bsky.social · 1d

The UAE bought $2B of Trump’s crypto — and gets computer chips

Saudi Arabia gave Kushner $2B for a new Trump Tower — and gets weapons

Qatar gives Trump a private jet and a $5.5B real estate deal — and gets US military protection

This is how bribes work.
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Quid Pro Presidency

Nations that have bestowed lavish gifts to President Trump — or enriched Trump and his family by striking business deals with Trump-connected companies — have later received extraordinary benefits fro...

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