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Charlie Warzel @cwarzel.bsky.social · 8h

Hi. I wrote an essay about AI slop: How it feels like an invasive species for the internet. How its boosters describe building a future that’s devoid of craft. How frictionlessness can be nihilistic & how this stuff seems to leach part of our shared humanity out of the world. I hope you'll read it.

AI’s Invasive Species

The slop is winning.

www.theatlantic.com

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Dr. Vaughn Joy @gvaughnjoy.bsky.social · 7h

I'm not gonna lie, I can't get this video out of my head. The White House hasn't been assaulted like this since 1814, and we're just letting it happen. It's absolutely staggering as the symbol of this moment.

Luca @lucagalletti.bsky.social · 8h

It’s day 20 of the government shutdown and construction crews at the White House's East Wing tear down walls to make room for trump's f*cking massive ballroom.

A quarter of a BILLION…when Americans are struggling to get by. Absolutely shameful.

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Rigorous, Fred-based Reporting @thefred.bsky.social · 5h

Cancel all their federal contracts on day one, then send their CEOs to prison.

Aozora @aozorasf.bsky.social · 6h

This is who is paying for the destruction of the White House East Wing, per @wsj.com

Altria Group Inc.
Amazon
Apple Inc.
Booz Allen Hamilton Holding Corp.
Caterpillar Inc.
Coinbase Global
Comcast Corp.
Hard Rock International
Google
HP Inc.
Lockheed Martin Corp.
Meta Platforms Inc.
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Albert Pinto @70sbachchan.bsky.social · Sep 3

1/ Hope this thread helps break through the mental logjam for normies. For anyone in the game of technology/ innovation/development this is just basic facts now. For the first time in 2 centuries, the West is no longer the leader in future technology,but the follower
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

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darth™️ @darthbluesky.bsky.social · 5h

these are a different set of republican racist texts than the previous set of republican racist and nazi texts

Bill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · 8h

So the dealbreaker is admitting you’re a Nazi

www.semafor.com/article/10/2...

Republicans set to reject Trump nominee Ingrassia after offensive texts

His confirmation to lead the Office of Special Counsel was already set to be rocky after previous allegations of sexual harassment.

www.semafor.com

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Matt Van Candy Corn 🎃🦇 @mattvanhorn.com · 6h

When Donald Trump Razed the Bonwit Teller Building, He Promised the Met Its Art Deco Friezes. A New Book Details How He Pulverized Them Instead | Artnet News

Read an excerpt from the book 'Art and Crime: The Fight Against Looters, Forgers, and Fraudsters in the High-Stakes Art World.'

news.artnet.com

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Roxane Gay @roxanegay.bsky.social · 7h

In some ways, the regime half-assedly tearing off part of the White House without regard for construction protocols might have more of an impact on the offline folks than the past ten months.

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Maryann - Revealing Light @revealinglight.bsky.social · 7h

Allies say it now theintellectualistofficial.substack.com/p/portugals-...

Portugal’s President: NATO Founder Nation Says Trump ‘Objectively Russian Asset’

Europe accuses Trump of tilting the West toward Putin

theintellectualistofficial.substack.com

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Soraya Nadia McDonald @sorayanadiamcdonald.com · 11h

"ICE has also purchased spyware in recent weeks that enables it to remotely hack into smartphones and extract data, even if the phones are locked or communication is over encrypted apps."

ICE amps up its surveillance powers, targeting immigrants and antifa

Iris scanners, facial recognition apps, phone-hacking software and cellphone location data are among the agency’s recent technological purchases.

www.washingtonpost.com

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capitolhunters @capitolhunters.bsky.social · 8h

Call the demo company and let them know what you think. They are on LinkedIn and Yelp, too. Taking this job was a choice.

capitolhunters @capitolhunters.bsky.social · 9h

Many people are outraged that Trump is demolishing part of the White House. But of course Trump can't do it without help. It's ACECO LLC of Silver Spring MD ("full-service demolition") that is tearing down the People's House. You can call them and let them know how you feel. 1/

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Dave Levitan @davelevitan.bsky.social · 9h

You really don't tear a hole in the side of the White House to build a monstrous entertaining space unless you think it's yours until you die

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Alissa Wilkinson @alissawilkinson.bsky.social · 7h

I guess I just feel like it should be a bigger deal that Penske Media owns the Golden Globes and ALSO Rolling Stone, Variety, Hollywood Reporter, Indiewire, GoldDerby, and Deadline, plus 20% of Vox Media

Oliver Darcy @oliverdarcy.bsky.social · 8h

Scoop: Jay Penske, who owns the Golden Globes, is pitching far-right podcasters with a proposal that they spend upwards of $75,000 to boost their chances of winning this year's inaugural podcasting award.

Details in @status.news: www.status.news/p/golden-glo...

Penske and the Podcasters

Jay Penske’s Golden Globes are debuting a “Best Podcast” award—and documents obtained by Status show he’s trying to sell pricey packages that could boost the chances of right-wing extremists winning t...

www.status.news

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James Poniewozik @poniewozik.bsky.social · 5h

Rewatching ep 5 of The Lowdown and good lord, Dinklage devoured that like the special of the day

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Pat Bagley @bagleycartoons.bsky.social · 7h

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Daniel Drezner @dandrezner.bsky.social · 7h

Seems bad.

Kaivan Shroff @kaivanshroff.bsky.social · 10h

BREAKING: new racist Republican groupchat has been leaked to Politico featuring texts from Paul Ingrassia, Trump’s nominee to lead the Office of Special Counsel.

Ingrassia’s texts include vile pro-Nazi & racist messages targeting Black people, Chinese people, and Indian people.

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Pat Bagley @bagleycartoons.bsky.social · 7h

Uvalde Police

Geez, where have I heard that before?

MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 9h

🚨 Married GOP Rep. Tony Gonzales allegedly had an affair with his senior aide, Regina Aviles — who was found dead after she supposedly doused herself in gasoline and set herself on fire, per The Daily Mail.

Uvalde Police are blocking release of the 911 call, video & records. (Daily Mail)

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People Who Work @deptofworkers.bsky.social · 7h

Social Security is a promise to seniors that they can retire with dignity. DOGE jeopardized that when they uploaded the Social Security information of 300 MILLION people to an unprotected server. Instead of fixing it, they fired the whistleblower. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

Headline: He accused DOGE of risking Social Security data. It cost him his career.

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Ray Pride @raypride.bsky.social · 7h

Still crimin’

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David Simon @audacityofdespair.bsky.social · 12h

Honest. No hyperbole. I just listened to this cretin a second time. And
if I were a Christian in this American moment, I would be ashamed to ever admit it in public, my faith having been named, debased and dragged through the public sewers every other day.

Sorry.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 16h

Chip Roy: "The truth is the marxist, radicals, and Islamists the Democratic Party promoted this weekend, they cannot handle the truth. The truth is that there is a king and that king is Jesus. And the president has been willing to say it, & Charlie Kirk was willing to say it & he got killed for it."

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50501: The People’s Movement ❌👑 @50501movement.bsky.social · 7h

“Rather than AI being able to enhance human innovation, critical thinking, the progress of science—it’s being used to exploit our insecurities. That’s the thing about so many of these Silicon Valley tech bros. They’re essentially emotionally maladapted psychopaths.”

Speaking nothing but the truth.

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Paul Mozur @paulmozur.bsky.social · 20h

When a Microsoft data center opened next to the small Mexican town of La Esperanza, locals say electricity outages and water shortages grew severe. The local doctor rushed patients a half hour to the nearest hospital when blackouts cut off his oxygen concentrator. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/20/t...

From Mexico to Ireland, Fury Mounts Over a Global A.I. Frenzy

www.nytimes.com

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Luca @lucagalletti.bsky.social · 8h

It’s day 20 of the government shutdown and construction crews at the White House's East Wing tear down walls to make room for trump's f*cking massive ballroom.

A quarter of a BILLION…when Americans are struggling to get by. Absolutely shameful.

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Richard Power @wyrdsofpower.bsky.social · 7h

D-E-S-E-C-R-A-T-I-O-N

Republicans Against Trumpism @rpsagainsttrump.bsky.social · 7h

Donald Trump is tearing down the East Wing of the White House to build a $250M ballroom for his rich friends

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Mr. Chau @srirachachau.bsky.social · 7h

This is so fucking awful. The cruelty of course being the point

Drop Site @dropsitenews.com · 12h

Nearly one million of Gaza’s 1.1 million olive trees have been destroyed—bulldozed by Israeli forces, left to die from thirst, or trapped behind military lines. In his new report for Drop Site, Gaza journalist Mohamed Suleiman reports from Al-Mawasi and Khan Younis, where farmers are enduring...

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Jacob Harris @jacobharr.is · 7h

Haha, it was Argentina! Trump just flop-sweating and reaching for broken solutions to fix problems created by other broken solutions!

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/20/u...

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