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Jess Calarco @jessicacalarco.com · 19d

Whether they're blaming vaccines and Tylenol, or selling dubious "remedies," what they're really doing is promoting the perception that families (and especially mothers) can prevent and treat Autism. And thus also the perception that people with Autism and their families don't need social support.

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Tanya is seeking work || 🔜 TCNA @cypheroftyr.bsky.social · 19d

I need people to find the same energy they had for Jimmy Kimmel being suspended for the vulnerable & marginalized folks being targeted by the current “administration” in the US.

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Purplepingers ☭ @purplepingers.bsky.social · 19d

An update on that insane lease term where the landlord owns everything you create during the tenancy:

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Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 8d

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How to Turn Off AI Tools Like Gemini, Apple Intelligence, Copilot, and More - Consumer Reports

AI features are crowding into Google search, Gmail, iPhones, Windows laptops, and other products. If you're suffering from AI overload, these settings can help.

www.consumerreports.org

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LGBTQ Nation @lgbtqnation.com · 4d

Gavin Newsom vetoes gender education bill, declines to sign other trans protections - buff.ly/MTUAV85

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Karl Bode @karlbode.com · 4d

twice a year the entire U.S. press becomes a marketing extension of a single billionaire-owned retailer, and nobody in any position of editorial power thinks it's weird or gross

photo of Google News search results for Amazon Prime Day (the second this year)

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Oregon 🕎🎲 @oregonthedm.bsky.social · 3d

When parakeets cosplay

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AryaOrgana @aryaorgana.bsky.social · 1d

Yes. This.

The joy and fulfillment and professional pride comes from the act of creation.

My freelance copywriting pipeline has been at zero since ChatGPT launched. It's infuriating. I'm losing a career I spent 30 years building because greedy companies would rather have garbage copy for free.

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Juno Rylee Schultz @junoryleejournalism.com · 3d

David Simon, creator of ‘The Wire’, being interviewed by Ari Shapiro (NPR)

SHAPIRO: OK, so you've spent your career creating television without Al, and I could imagine today you thinking, boy, I wish I had had that tool to solve those thorny problems...
SIMON: What?
SHAPIRO: ...Or saying...
SIMON: You imagine that?
SHAPIRO: ...Boy, if that had existed, it would have screwed me over.
SIMON: I don't think Al can remotely challenge what writers do at a fundamentally creative level.
SHAPIRO: But if you're trying to transition from scene five to scene six, and you're stuck with that transition, you could imagine plugging that portion of the script into an Al and say, give me 10 ideas for how to transition this.
SIMON: I'd rather put a gun in my mouth.

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sri (but spooky) @sri.plur.ca · 2d

yeah I built an AI that hangs out on your porch and drinks a six pack for you so you can write regexes at work

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Walker Bragman @walkerbragman.bsky.social · 1d

Here’s all you need to know about her without the sanity filter of WaPo editors:

www.importantcontext.news/p/trumps-new...

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AryaOrgana @aryaorgana.bsky.social · 1d

One of my dear friends lives right next door to the south side apartment building that was illegally raided

She stood outside in the midst of it, filming as much as possible. She saw the children being dragged out in the cold, zip tied, taken from parents

It's beyond horrifying

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AryaOrgana @aryaorgana.bsky.social · 2d

Correction: I found a statement from the Park District that this statement is inaccurate and they have not received notice.

But news outlets are still reporting an expected ICE presence, so the overall issue remains.

AryaOrgana @aryaorgana.bsky.social · 2d

As a runner who loves this race, as a volunteer who works this race, as a member of the endurance community who loves my people, there aren't words for the rage I feel about ICE planning to invade this iconic event packed with hard working athletes and their families
#ChicagoMarathon #RunChicago

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ICE at Chicago marathon. Good evening folks, I work for the Chicago Park District and we were informed today that ICE will be all throughout the marathon and told us not to interfere. I've worked the Chicago marathon since 2017 and every year it has been peaceful and rewarding to see those who accomplished something that they have been working on all year, just for the attention to be on these useless fucks. So please spread the word to those who don't know. Thank you and stay safe chicago.

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JoJoFromJerz @jojofromjerz.bsky.social · 2d

Hold the fuck on — Trump is letting another fucking country build an air force facility on one of our Air Force bases HERE?!?!
On American soil!?!?
What the literal fuck?!?

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Aaron Fritschner @fritschner.bsky.social · 2d

A few minutes ago in the House:

- Speaker Mike Johnson officially cancels votes next week, extending the House recess through a fourth week

- House Republicans block Democrats from passing a bill to pay the troops during the shutdown, ensuring they will miss paychecks next week

House Press Gallery: During today's pro forma session, the Clerk read a message from the Speaker designating Tuesday, October 14 through Sunday, October 19 as a district work period.

Punchbowl's Briana Reilly: House gaveled in and out of its pro forma just now w/o recognizing Rep Elfreth, who was seeking to UC a mil pay bill from Rep Sykes.

Elfreth told reporters after that House Dems stand “ready and willing to take” up standalone legislation to pay troops.

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Jim Daley @jimdaleywrites.bsky.social · 2d

I'm at the scene where ICE abducted multiple people from Lincoln and Foster this morning.

A WGN producer was among the people taken, allegedly because she was among a group of bystanders who tried to intervene. ICE agents hit this car while making their getaway.

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AryaOrgana @aryaorgana.bsky.social · 2d

It makes me crazy ( I have another account where I sometimes post selfies and it's very upsetting when that happens)

One thing Twitter did right was remove reposts from people you blocked. I have asked BlueSky to implement that, I'm hoping enough people ask for it that they'll do it.

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jacki, of the zombie variety 🧟‍♀️ @jacki.bsky.social · 2d

This is mostly an account for jokes, but please allow me a moment of seriousness.

Today is World PANS/PANDAS awareness day.

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AryaOrgana @aryaorgana.bsky.social · 2d

I instablock those. They seem to be profilerating at an alarming rate.

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AryaOrgana @aryaorgana.bsky.social · 2d

As a runner who loves this race, as a volunteer who works this race, as a member of the endurance community who loves my people, there aren't words for the rage I feel about ICE planning to invade this iconic event packed with hard working athletes and their families
#ChicagoMarathon #RunChicago

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AryaOrgana @aryaorgana.bsky.social · 3d

Beyond fucked up that I'm begging a friend to stay in her house because ICE agents are harassing a landscaper crew in her suburban Chicago neighborhood. She's the kind of person who would rush out to help, but she's also a naturalized citizen with brown skin and I'm scared for her safety.

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Oisín McGann @oisinmcgann.bsky.social · 5d

It’s really hard to describe to people who are not artists how survival mode does *not* inspire creativity, as the myth would have us believe. It suppresses creativity as you try to limit every possible risk – and the opportunities that come with them.

Aliette de Bodard @aliettedebodard.com · 5d

It turns out building habits and stuff actually requires not being in survival mode, who knew?!
(Yeah yeah I did)

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Tori Foote @toriatheisttori.bsky.social · 5d

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Just Jack @just-jack-1.bsky.social · 5d

The guy who literally incited an insurrection is now threatening to use the Insurrection Act to torment Americans who do not support him.

(…because he literally incited an insurrection)

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Coach Finstock @coachfinstock.bsky.social · 5d

An enterprising journalist that could prove that his aides and advisors are showing Trump fake shit that led to him signing EOs and making policy decisions would be a huge deal. Maybe the biggest story in the history of the Presidency? Bigger than Nixon. Too bad the newspapers quit being newspapers

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 5d

“.. On closer inspection, however, it turned out that the image was not a photograph of a real event in Portland, but instead a fabrication created by combining two photographs of scenes that unfolded in South America nearly a decade apart ..”

@theguardian.com
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

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