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PJ Holden @pauljholden.com · 12h

Well didn’t take long for the most predictable thing that people have been saying Would happen if we all started uploading identity verifying documents to servers to happen to happen.

404 Media @404media.co · 14h

BREAKING: A catastrophic breach has impacted Discord user data including selfies and identity documents uploaded as part of the app’s verification process, email addresses, phone numbers, approximately where the user lives, and much more.

🔗 www.404media.co/the-discord-...

The Discord Hack is Every Users’ Worst Nightmare

A hack impacting Discord’s age verification process shows in stark terms the risk of tech companies collecting users’ ID documents. Now the hackers are posting peoples’ IDs and other sensitive informa...

www.404media.co

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Tom Astle @tjalamont.bsky.social · 1d

A tiny moth, barely bigger than a rice grain, from the Mojave Desert. The curved "horns" are mouthparts, the labial palps. They help the moth both taste and smell - including being sensitive to changes in CO2 levels. I think they make the moth look like a mythological creature up close. 🐙🌿

A macro photo of a ghostly white moth on almost-white sand. The moth is seen from a front 3/4 angle; only the face and part of one antenna are in focus, and the back third of the body is out of frame. The moth has long, backward curving mouthparts called labial palps that look a bit like the curved horns of a mountain goat.

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Jacob Soboroff @jacobsoboroff.bsky.social · 1d

Michigan Avenue right now.

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darth™️ @darthbluesky.bsky.social · 1d

"we are going to murder americans without due process"
~pam bondi, US attorney general

Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 1d

My gosh. After the US bombed multiple boats in the middle of the ocean, murdering people on grounds that they were allegedly "carrying drugs," the US Attorney General says "Just like we did with cartels, we're going to take the same approach, President Trump, with Antifa."

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Jazz. @jl3001.blacksky.app · 1d

ICE at the Brookland Metro station in NE DC rn btw. Three dudes on their phones at the top of the escalator on the parking lot side.

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petnoodle @petnoodle.bsky.social · 1d

www.youtube.com/shorts/4Iu3g...

They did the Monster Slash

YouTube video by Elle Cordova

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 1d

In a very real and practical sense, the elimination of USAID occurred because a) civil servants who followed the law were pushed out, b) unaccountable amoral people were given power, and c) SCOTUS let it all happen.
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/the-death-...

In addition to mass firing of public servants, Musk's team executed a takeover of the Treasury payment system. David Lebryk, the civil servant who was acting Treasury Secretary, pushed back against the Musk official, Tom Krause, who demanded control over the payment system and specifically to pause USAID payments. Lebryk informed Krause that Treasury could not legally stop payments, and recommended to work through USAID instead. Krause then threatened Lebryk: “I would also recommend you consider an equal alternative liability.” By the next week Lebryk announced his retirement, and Musk announced he was shutting down the agency.

It was later revealed that the other DOGE official who had sought to take control of Treasury spending, Marko Elez, was a self-avowed racist with a record of making disparaging remarks about foreigners, including “I would not mind at all if Gaza and Israel were both wiped off the face of the Earth.” After he resigned, Musk led a successful campaign to bring Elez back into government, even as he pushed out those doing actual life-saving work.

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Chris Kluwe @chriswarcraft.bsky.social · 1d

I am so tired of our media letting weaselly little shits like Mike Johnson slide on these evasions.

Why *aren’t* you aware of blatant violations of the Constitution, Mike?! What makes you at all capable of holding this job?? Why should anyone believe a word coming out of your shitty little mouth??

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Q: Do you agree that the mayor of Chicago and governor of Illinois should be in prison?

MIKE JOHNSON: Should they be in prison? I'm not the attorney general. I'm not following the day to day on that

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petnoodle @petnoodle.bsky.social · 1d

Like the Berkshires being an extension of the Hudson Valley - I can see that

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petnoodle @petnoodle.bsky.social · 1d

Yep, Fairfield County CT being lumped with NYC is 100%. I've never thought that I was "from New England"; I'm from the NYC suburbs.

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David M. Perry @lollardfish.bsky.social · 2d

It’s not too late for the Bluesky admins to say - yeah, ok, a permanent ban was an overreaction. Times are tough. Let’s try again. They could do it right now.

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NightMar on Hicks Street, Part 4: The Rabbit’s Revenge @histoftech.bsky.social · 1d

doomscroll break

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petnoodle @petnoodle.bsky.social · 2d

Woo! (I’ve been waiting so looooong)

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Janet Hill @saskajanet.bsky.social · 2d

Look at her go!
#invertebrates 🌿

Screen shot of Project Monarch app map of progress of a monarch butterfly from southern Ontario to Oklahoma.

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petnoodle @petnoodle.bsky.social · 2d

This new Prolapse record is SO good!

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SQLGrrl of the Woods @sqlgrrl.bsky.social · 2d

So fucking do something to fix it, maybe? Sue? Force a quorum? Anything?

At this point you are just whining and choosing to be helpless.

Democrats @democrats.org · 2d

It’s been 15 days since @adelitaforcongress.bsky.social won her election.

Republicans still won’t swear her in.

She would be the tie-breaking vote to release the Epstein files.

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Barry Lyga @barrylyga.com · 2d

Prime Day what? Bookshop.org is offering FREE SHIPPING for October 7-8! Buy books, get free shipping, support local bookstores! Easy!

#primeday #antiprime #freeshipping #supportlocal #supportindie

Bookshop: Buy books online. Support local bookstores.

An online bookstore that financially supports local independent bookstores and gives back to the book community.

Bookshop.org

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Jared Holt @jaredlholt.bsky.social · 3d

This really makes it sound like a Border Patrol agent tried to kill an anti-ICE activist in Chicago and DHS lied to cover for him

Chicago Sun-Times @chicago.suntimes.com · 3d

Body-camera video appears to contradict the government’s claim that Marimar Martinez, 30, drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her late Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorney claimed.
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Attorney for woman shot by Border Patrol claims officer said 'Do something b-----' before shooting

Body-camera video appears to contradict the government's claim that Marimar Martinez, 30, drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her late Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorney claimed. A judge ordered Martinez and a co-defendant released pending trial.

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S E Case @secase.bsky.social · 7d

In the hopes of getting more eyeballs on Rigsby WI: Burn it Down leading up to the print edition's Kickstarter launch, I'll be posting Burn it Down pages in this thread over the next few days! If you havent read it, check it out ⬇️
KS: www.kickstarter.com/projects/iro...
Webcomic: rigsbywi.com

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Claire Zagorski, MSc, EMT-P @clairezagorski.bsky.social · 3d

Play Skrillex at your next outdoor event, it’s science.

The electronic song "Scary Monsters and Nice Sprites" reduces host attack and mating success in the dengue vector Aedes aegypti
Hamady Dieng et al. Acta Trop. 2019 Jun.

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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 3d

If Dems win in 2026, we need hearings to publicize the abuses by federal law enforcement. Then pass a bill creating a path to sue for those abuses. Trump will veto it. Let him. Let the public see these videos & hear from victims, & then learn there's no way to hold the abusive officers accountable.

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Riley Black 🦕 🏳️‍⚧️ @restingdinoface.bsky.social · 3d

I came here to party with the kids who party with me

not try to dodge the bizarre whims and tantrums of yet another transphobic tech CEO

Bad Moves - Party With The Kids Who Wanna Party With You (Official Audio)

YouTube video by Don Giovanni

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Iron Circus Comics @ironcircuscomics.bsky.social · 3d

There's a moment in everyone's life where the Better Times is established, and for sophomore-year Anna, that was several years ago...🔥

Funding for the sequel to Eisner nominated RIGSBY, WI has launched! Early bird backers in the FIRST HOUR 🕐 get FREE SHIPPING! 📦💨 www.kickstarter.com/projects/iro...

Rigsby, WI Vol 2 BURN IT DOWN is now funding! The cover features Anna with her bike as she looks on at her childhood home as it burns to the ground. on he desk is various messy knick-knacks. The volume by SE Case is almost completely monochrome save for a few color pages and Anna's fiery red hair.

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/ironspike/rigsby-wi-volume-2-burn-it-down-by-se-case?ref=2r89es

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sarah jeong @sarahjeong.bsky.social · 3d

ok I didn't mention this in my piece on friday but one of the things the judge asked about was whether the guardsmen were going to get paid during the shutdown

the doj was like "idk"

the state of oregon was like "we looked into it and the answer is no"

Reyhan Harmanci @harmancipants.bsky.social · 3d

I keep forgetting the government is shut down bc Trump admin is so focused on sending troops to US cities

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petnoodle @petnoodle.bsky.social · 3d

Ha ha ha, this is so good

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