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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 3h

⚡️UPDATE: Local @cbsnews affiliate @wdefnews12 in CHATTANOOGA has deleted and replaced their post about the protests after we called them out for telling on themselves.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 5h

PSA: If you’re using the word “sewage” instead of “poop” or “shit” 💩 to describe this obscene, undignified, indefensible video Trump posted, you’re sanewashing it.

@IrishStarUS got it right✅
@nypost did not❌
@Variety also did not❌

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lauren @lauren.rotatingsandwiches.com · 17h

your analysis of this political moment is going to fail if you keep using reductionist labels like "wine mom". first of all, there are dozens of factions just within that one term, from whiskey women to chardonnay chicas, and understanding their unique informal coalitions can take decades of study

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Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 13h

Serious business here

MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 15h

🚨 NEWS: Colombian President Gustavo Petro accuses U.S. government officials of murder and violating Colombia’s sovereignty and says the Trump-ordered strike of a boat in the Caribbean killed a fisherman named Alejandro Carranza.

Screenshot of a post on X from Colombian President Gustavo Petro’s verified account. The post reads: “US government officials have committed a murder and violated our sovereignty in territorial waters. Fisherman Alejandro Carranza had no ties to the drug trade and his daily activity was fishing. The Colombian boat was adrift and had its distress signal up due to an engine failure. We await explanations from the US government.”

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Kassandra Ives (She/Her) @kassablanca.bsky.social · 16h

Bloodlines 2 arrive.
Bloodlines 2 save me.
Bloodlines 2...

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

COLUMBIA, TN

#NoKingsInAmerica 🇺🇸

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Mike X. Nichols @mikexnichols.bsky.social · Jun 13

PSA for everyone going to protests

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

#NoKings

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Kassandra Ives (She/Her) @kassablanca.bsky.social · 1d

Oh absolutely. I'm hopeful for the project. Looking forward to when my copy arrives.

Kassandra Ives (She/Her) @kassablanca.bsky.social · 1d

That's a completely understandable position to be in. I hope at some point everyone involved in the project at all iterations is able to talk about it freely. I often think a troubled development makes for a better history of the industry and the triumph of a game actually making it to market.

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Kassandra Ives (She/Her) @kassablanca.bsky.social · 1d

I think I'm going to start using my Blusky as a daily tracker of my writing progress given I have projects I want to work on and need some structure to help keep me accountable.

Kassandra Ives (She/Her) @kassablanca.bsky.social · 1d

I have to imagine they have some incredible stories from the development cycle and I'd be so eager to hear them if they're every allowed to tell them. Getting the opportunity to make Bloodlines 2 must have been insane.

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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 1d

Don't engage. Just block. They want to push their rage bait on here. Don't give them the satisfaction.

bsky.app/profile/did:...

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Filipe Campante @filipecampante.bsky.social · 1d

This is not a minor issue: it’s a serious threat to democracy. We’re rapidly transitioning into a world where, as long as you support the president, you can be above the law; if you’re in the opposition, you have a target on your back. Opposition can’t survive under these conditions.

Filipe Campante @filipecampante.bsky.social · 1d

I think at this point it’s fair to say that we’re no longer under the rule of law.

Trump Orders Santos to Be Freed From Prison ‘Immediately’ www.nytimes.com/2025/10/17/u...

Trump Orders Santos to Be Freed From Prison ‘Immediately’

www.nytimes.com

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the abbot of unreason (an archaeologist) @merovingians.bsky.social · 2d

the institution of trial by jury might be the most robust one left at this point

David Bier @davidjbier.bsky.social · 2d

Trial shows that ICE agents lied, concealed evidence in an illegal effort to convict the "libtard" who filmed them.

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David_j_roth @davidjroth.bsky.social · 2d

"What if, in the process of trying to ban AI products that quite actually encourage children to kill themselves, we wind up banning chatbots that help children cheat on their homework, diminish their propensity for critical thought, and lead to the development of other forms of AI psychosis?"

Brian Merchant @bcmerchant.bsky.social · 2d

CA governor Gavin Newsom vetoed both of the major AI bills on his desk that Silicon Valley meaningfully opposed—one making it illegal for bosses to use AI to fire workers with no oversight, one requiring chatbot sellers to ensure their products do not harm children before marketing to them.

Silicon Valley's capture of our political institutions is all but complete

The tech lobby kills off two key California AI bills, and why it matters. Plus: How Sam Altman played Hollywood with Sora 2, organized mass social media deletions, and more.

www.bloodinthemachine.com

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Hey, nobody *made* them vote for the host of Wrestlemania 4 @legalminimum.bsky.social · 3d

I’d like to believe I’m not the only one who saw that quote and immediately misread it and thought of a cross between an AI sexbot and a Juicero, and cringed.

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 3d

ALTMAN, 10 months ago: "I'm proud that we don't do sexbots to juice profits."

www.reddit.com/r/artificial...

From the artificial community on Reddit: Sam Altman, 10 months ago: I'm proud that we don't do sexbots to juice profits

Explore this post and more from the artificial community

www.reddit.com

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Liam @wtyppod.com · 3d

Our clients are not going to have their SNAP benefits if this shutdown continues.

Please donate to LSH if you’re able to.

www.lutheransettlement.org/get-involved...

Give to LSH

By supporting Lutheran Settlement House, you help our community members find safety and hope. Your gift helps make their future possible.

www.lutheransettlement.org

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 3d

“Kids”

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Robert Evans (the Only Robert Evans) @iwriteok.bsky.social · 3d

the days when these guys worried about hiding their "power level" are far behind us

Santiago Mayer @santiagomayer.com · 3d

Holy shit. This is Angelo Elia, a legislative correspondent for Congressman Dave Taylor.

According to @rooster.info, during a Zoom meeting today, he had an American nazi flag displayed in the background.

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onion person @junlper.beer · 3d

a swastika? in a republicans office? of the republican party who all explicitely endorse fascism? no way this could have been predicted

Politico @politico.com · 3d

EXCLUSIVE: Capitol Police are investigating a swastika found in GOP Rep. Dave Taylor’s office.

“The content of that image does not reflect the values or standards of this office, my staff, or myself, and I condemn it in the strongest terms," Taylor said in a statement.

Capitol Police called to investigate swastika in GOP congressional office

An American flag altered to include an image of a swastika was found in Rep. Dave Taylor’s office.

www.politico.com

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onion person @junlper.beer · 3d

important note from libcrusher:

Reactivating temporarily to send a warning.
Since I got doxxed, it appears the same doxxing ring has targeted several other users. I learned that they were banned this week, only for Elon to, apparently, personally unban them. I feel obliged to warn everyone about my experience.

It wasn't just my personal information that got published. Someone, somewhere, got my passwords too. For my banking accounts, brokerage accounts, venmo, etc.
Most of which had different and unique passwords. All these attempts started the day i got doxxed, and have sporadically continued since.

If you know anyone who's been doxxed by this group, you need to have them change all their passwords on every website immediately. Ensure 2FA and any other security measures are in place everywhere.
And, wherever possible, document and report it. Frankly, if you're a lefty of any note, do it now too

If anyone was also a victim of this or knows someone who was, there are ways to reach me. I wish I could go into more details right now. But until that time comes, protect yourself.

I will be deactivating in 20 minutes.
Hopefully, that's enough time for the warning to get out.

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 3d

this ballroom is the best evidence that trump doesn’t intend to leave

The Wall Street Journal @wsj.com · 3d

Exclusive: More than three dozen organizations and individuals are expected to attend a dinner with Trump on Wednesday after opening their checkbooks to support a $250 million White House ballroom.

Trump Invites Ballroom Donors to Glitzy White House Dinner

The dinner is set to include representatives from Lockheed Martin, Microsoft, Meta Platforms, Alphabet’s Google, Amazon and Palantir Technologies.

on.wsj.com

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Molly White @molly.wiki · 3d

good news, we've fixed the national debt

web3 is going just great @web3isgoinggreat.com · 3d

Paxos accidentally mints more than twice the global GDP in PayPal stablecoins

October 15, 2025
https://www.web3isgoinggreat.com/?id=paxos-accidental-mint

Paxos accidentally mints more than twice the global GDP in PayPal stablecoins
Paxos, the issuer of PayPal's PYUSD stablecoin, accidentally minted 300 trillion of the supposedly dollar-pegged token. For context, this is approximately 2.5x the global GDP, and around 125x the total number of US dollars actually in circulation.
Paxos later announced that the mint was an "internal technical error", and that they had burned the excess tokens.
While PayPal promises its customers that "Reserves are held 100% in US dollar deposits, US treasuries and cash equivalents – meaning that customer funds are available for 1:1 redemption with Paxos," there clearly isn't much in the way of safeguards to ensure that is always the case. As with most stablecoin issuers, Paxos merely issues self-reported and unreviewed portfolio reports, and monthly third-party attestations (not audits) of reserves.

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Jolyon Maugham KC @goodlawproject.org · 4d

The EHRC has finally, five months after producing its wildly transphobic and, we believe, unlawful Interim Guidance now taken it down. Our judicial review challenge to that Interim Guidance will be heard in less than one month.

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