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Ali Nahdee @alinahdee.bsky.social · 12h

I am so happy I never grew up in a home that had a white man in a position of power. I have no fucking idea how anybody survives that. Are you guys okay?

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Megan Figueroa @meganfigueroa.bsky.social · 1d

Are you an alum from one of the 9 schools the federal government just attacked? Sign this alumni petition now to support your school, defend democracy, and build a grassroots movement for campus freedom across America. alumni.standforcampusfreedom.org/petitions/tr...

STAND WITH YOUR SCHOOL: Trump attacks 9 universities. Sign the alumni petition now.

Are you an alum from one of the 9 schools the federal government just attacked? Sign this alumni petition now to support your school, defend democracy, and build a grassroots movement for campus freed...

alumni.standforcampusfreedom.org

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Megan Figueroa @meganfigueroa.bsky.social · May 22

Congrats!

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Maxwell Frost @maxwellfrost.bsky.social · May 21

They wanted to pass this evil budget to take away healthcare from millions earlier today. It’s still stuck in the rules committee cause House Dems introduced over 500 amendments and we are lined up to debate on them. Delaying is important. Keep up the pressure on these Congressional Republicans.

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Erin Biba @erinbiba.bsky.social · May 20

This is violence. This is horrific. I don’t know how I’m supposed to survive in a world that is actively out to kill me.

Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · May 20

BREAKING: FDA says covid boosters now only for those over 65 or with preconditions. www.statnews.com/2025/05/20/f...

FDA will limit Covid vaccines to people over 65 or at high risk of serious illness, leaders say

The FDA announced it will limit access to Covid-19 vaccines going forward to people 65 and older and others at high risk of serious illness

www.statnews.com

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camerontalley.bsky.social @camerontalley.bsky.social · May 18

I think about this comic all the time.

A panel from a Calvin and Hobbes comic. Calvin's mom, eating dinner, says "Life could be worse, Calvin." Calvin, clearly upset, his mouth huge says "Life could be a lot BETTER too!"

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Jamie Boo!!stein @uajamie.bsky.social · May 18

I cannot emphasize this enough: Please do not use AI tools as therapy. Not only is it not a good replacement for actual therapy, but your chat logs could be shared with the government, and I don't think you need a reminder that especially right now in the US, that could put you in danger.

AI therapy is a surveillance machine in a police state

Big Tech wants you to share your private thoughts with chatbots — while backing a government with contempt for privacy.

www.theverge.com

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Megan Figueroa @meganfigueroa.bsky.social · May 17

Thank you, Mignon 🧡

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · May 16

Explosive original reporting about Trump's plans to drastically restructure domestic law enforcement to target immigrants en masse and crack down on opponents.

The Big Takeover: The secret plans to give Trump command of America’s police

For months, a Project 2025 subgroup drafted plans to place domestic law enforcement under Trump's thumb. We have their files.

www.phoenixnewtimes.com

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Sven-Erik Volberg @volberg.bsky.social · May 15

Well that's dark

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Geoff Hing @geoffhing.bsky.social · May 16

How often does the Pima County Sheriff’s Department contact Border Patrol for assistance? They stopped keeping track. azluminaria.org/2025/05/15/p...

Pima County Sheriff’s Department violating its own policy on tracking Border Patrol requests - AZ Luminaria

The Pima County Sheriff’s Department stopped tracking Border Patrol requests, violating its own immigration enforcement policy and raising transparency concerns.

azluminaria.org

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Megan Figueroa @meganfigueroa.bsky.social · May 15

I just found out a close, close friend has stage 4 cancer. Life is so unbearable sometimes.

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Haymarket Books @haymarketbooks.org · May 15

Free Palestine reading list

Free Palestine! A Reading List

Publishing books on the struggle for justice in Palestine has been a central part of Haymarket’s mission since we published our first book, The Struggle for Palestine, in 2001. Here, we pres...

www.haymarketbooks.org

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Needhi Bhalla 💅🏽 @needhibhalla.bsky.social · May 13

"Women are PIs on 58% of the canceled grants, although they are PIs on only 34% of all active NSF grants.

Similarly, Blacks are PIs on 17% of the terminated grants, although they make only 4% of the total pool. Hispanic PIs and those with disabilities were twice as likely to lose a grant."

David Malakoff @davidmalakoff.bsky.social · May 13

Another scoop from Jeff Mervis (@policyhound.bsky.social): NSF's ~1400 grant terminations have disproportionately affected PIs from groups underrepresented in science: women, racial & ethnic minorities, & those with disabilities. 1/3
www.science.org/content/arti...

Trump officials take steps toward a radically different NSF

Efforts to shrink staff, budget, and focus have alarmed members of Congress

www.science.org

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Maggie Astor @maggieastor.bsky.social · May 13

THIS IS A THESAURUS. IT ALREADY EXISTED

When reporting a larger feature, I use Google’s NotebookLM to organize my files. And my favorite is using custom GPT to give me synonyms for words I overuse.

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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @aoc.bsky.social · May 13

🚨HIT THE PHONES TO SAVE MEDICAID - PLEASE AMPLIFY & ACT 🚨

TODAY the House will be marking up deeply unpopular massive Medicaid cuts.

MANY GOP on the committee are in tight districts. Calls and pressure ARE effective here.

Call today. Type your zip to get a script ⬇️
OcasioCortez.com/savemedicaid

Save Medicaid

Please call your Representative right now and leave a voicemail, or first thing on Monday morning before the mark up session begins.

OcasioCortez.com

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Brian Merchant @bcmerchant.bsky.social · May 13

Let's not forget for a second that AI is now overwhelmingly an oligarchic project.

www.nytimes.com/2025/05/13/u...

Elon Musk, Sam Altman and Other C.E.O.s Join Trump at U.S.-Saudi Lunch
Many of the executives — including representatives of four of the 10 biggest U.S. companies by market value — are seeking business from Saudi investors and a chance to lobby top Trump officials.

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Megan Figueroa @meganfigueroa.bsky.social · May 13

Thank you!

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Megan Figueroa @meganfigueroa.bsky.social · May 13

It’s US book release day for The AI Con! Check out our interview with authors @emilymbender.bsky.social and @alexhanna.bsky.social!

The Vocal Fries @vocalfriespod.bsky.social · May 5

Exciting new episode out now! We chat with Drs @emilymbender.bsky.social and @alexhanna.bsky.social about their new book The AI Con, out May 13!
www.buzzsprout.com/1930383/epis...

The AI Con - The Vocal Fries

Carrie and Megan talk with Drs Emily M. Bender, Professor of Linguistics at the University of Washington, and Alex Hanna, Director of Research at the Distributed AI Research Institute (DAIR), about th...

www.buzzsprout.com

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Lit Hub @literaryhub.bsky.social · May 13

From the Cold War to the present, @emilymbender.bsky.social and @alexhanna.bsky.social look at the very real dangers of over-hyping AI.

On the Very Real Dangers of the Artificial Intelligence Hype Machine

As long as there’s been research on AI, there’s been AI hype. In the most commonly told narrative about the research field’s development, mathematician John McCarthy and computer scientist Marvin M…

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Alex Hanna-ween @alexhanna.bsky.social · May 13

It's book press day! The AI Con is available where ever you find fine books! Check out thecon.ai for details.

@emilymbender.bsky.social and I think we wrote a damn fine book, and we hope you'll enjoy it too.

For a taste, check out the preview of Chapter 1, graciously published by LitHub.

On the Very Real Dangers of the Artificial Intelligence Hype Machine

As long as there’s been research on AI, there’s been AI hype. In the most commonly told narrative about the research field’s development, mathematician John McCarthy and computer scientist Marvin M…

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Nicole Holliday @mixedlinguist.bsky.social · May 13

There’s a lot of evil stuff. But these few sentences are a result of wild corruption, and would remove any guardrails against AI systems being used for massive civil and humans rights abuses on an unimaginable scale. Call your congresspeople, and scream about it in the streets.

Brian Merchant @bcmerchant.bsky.social · May 12

This is insane. Republicans have inserted language into the budget reconciliation bill that would ban states from regulating AI in any capacity for 10 years.

from @404media.co

www.404media.co/republicans-...