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Seth Rubenstein @sethrubenstein.info · 4d

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 4d

RFK Jr on Tylenol and autism: "It is not proof. We're doing the studies to make the proof."

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SwiftOnSecurity @swiftonsecurity.com · 4d

New enshittification just dropped: Compressing old DVD releases into single-layer DVD for re-releases to save 5 cents
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Some DVD re-releases got cheapened out in a weird way

YouTube video by Technology Connextras

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Seth Rubenstein @sethrubenstein.info · 13d

Someone should make Flighty app for trains

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@NewsJennifer (Jennifer Schulze) @newsjennifer.bsky.social · 15d

🚨This is a big deal: suburban chicago police launch an investigation into an ICE attack on local CBS news journalists.

Violet Miller @vimiller.bsky.social · 15d

Broadview Police have opened an investigation into an attack from federal agents on a CBS crew at Broadview, per BPD Chief Mills.

The following statement can be attributed to Broadview Police Chief Thomas Mills:

“The Village of Broadview Police Department has launched a criminal investigation into an allegedly unprovoked attack on a CBS Chicago TV news reporter’s vehicle on Sunday by a chemical munition fired from the direction of U.S. Immigration Customs and Enforcement detention facility. The victim declined medical attention. The Broadview Police Department expects the full cooperation of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security into our criminal investigation.”

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Tim Onion @bencollins.bsky.social · 16d

This is fucking horrifying.

amanda moore 🐢 @noturtlesoup17.bsky.social · 16d

A man was just chased and arrested outside of the Broadview ICE facility in Chicago. When legal observers from the National Lawyers Guild asked why, an agent threatened to arrest them too.

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Olivia Messer @oliviamesser.bsky.social · 17d

Since Charlie Kirk’s assassination, HBCUs received terroristic threats. Black students have been expelled or forced to withdraw. Black professors and teachers have been fired and placed on leave. A Black firefighter was placed on leave. A Black journalist was fired

thebarbedwire.com/2025/09/26/f...

The Free Speech Crisis for Black Americans Is Worse Than You Think

Don’t let Jimmy Kimmel’s return fool you: Black academics are more frightened of talking to the press than I’ve ever seen.

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Seth Rubenstein @sethrubenstein.info · 19d

In other news, Workbrew looks interesting. I have a new hire that just started, working on dev machine onboarding this could speed things up.

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CNN @cnn.com · 19d

Italy said it deployed one of its naval vessels on Wednesday to come to the aid of an aid flotilla that was targeted by drones while trying to reach Gaza, with activists claiming that Israel was behind the strikes.

Italy deploys navy ship to help Gaza aid flotilla targeted in drone attack | CNN

Italy said it deployed one of its naval vessels on Wednesday to come to the aid of an aid flotilla that was targeted by drones while trying to reach Gaza, with activists claiming that Israel was behin...

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Seth Rubenstein @sethrubenstein.info · 19d

Ah damn. Today’s the worst day ever. IT got wise and stopped hard wired internet access for non IT machines. Back the work the laptop 😤

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Seth Rubenstein @sethrubenstein.info · 19d

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 19d

Brooke Rollins: "Soybean, corn, wheat, sorghum, cotton farmers are facing very difficult times. We are currently in conversations here at the White House, across the government, on a farmer aid package."

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Dave Parisi @daveparisi.bsky.social · 20d

In only 9 months, we've seen the top-to-bottom transformation of US into an isolationist nation willing to sacrifice economic & political power for nativism. It's happening so quickly & it's so at odds with the values a lot of us were socialized with that it doesn't feel real or possible.

Michael Clemens @mclem.org · 20d

You've likely seen the new $100,000 penalty on high-skill immigrant workers.

Here's the next, separate bomb the White House is dropping on high skill immigration, to be officially published *tomorrow*.

tl;dr: Most H-1Bs now inaccessible for entry-level jobs, e.g. new grads from US universities.

public-inspection.federalregister.gov

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Brendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · 20d

Depolarization is not "a scalable solution for reducing societal-level conflict.... achieving lasting depolarization will likely require....moving beyond individual-level treatments to address the elite behaviors and structural incentives that fuel partisan conflict" www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

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Josh Sternberg @joshsternberg.com · 20d

NJ PBS shutting down next summer.

“15yrs ago Gov. Christie ended 4 decades of state funding for public TV, forcing them to find a new funder. The state cut $750k in funding this yr, but that was hardly the fatal blow; that came from the end of federal funds.”

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New Jersey PBS shutting down in July - New Jersey Globe

New Jersey PBS is expected to cease operations in July 2026 following WNET's decision not to renew its agreement, the New Jersey Globe has learned. The

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unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 20d

From yesterday and today: it certainly appears ICE in Chicago are wearing the Meta AI Ray-Ban glasses.

Different guy in camo with Arab style scarf, thick black glasses

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Seth Rubenstein @sethrubenstein.info · 24d

Pretty cool! Run AI models locally on your iOS device including Apples on device models. apps.apple.com/app/id674142...

‎Locally AI - Local AI Chat

‎Run AI models like Llama, Gemma, Qwen, and more on your iPhone and iPad. Offline. Private. No login. No data collection. Powered by Apple MLX. Meet Locally AI, the AI app that respects your privacy....

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Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 24d

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Sam @samd.bsky.social · 24d

I genuinely cannot believe that Ezra Klein said we should run pro-life candidates in Kansas, Ohio, and Missouri; three states that recently held abortion referendums where the pro-choice side won!

Taking political positions that'll make it more likely to win Senate seats in Kansas and Ohio and Missouri. Trying to open your coalition to people you didn't want it open to before. Running pro-life Democrats.

Constitutional Amendment 3
November 5, 2024
Right to Reproductive Freedom Initiative
Choice
Yes
X No
Results
Votes
1,538,659
1,443,022
%
51.60%
48.40%

Issue 1
November 7, 2023
Right to Reproductive Freedom with Protections for Health and Safety(1]
Results
Choice
Votes
%
& Yes
2,227,384
56.78%
No
1,695,480
43.22%
Total votes
3,922,864
100.00%

2022 Kansas abortion referendum
KANSAS
August 2, 2022
Should there be no Kansas constitutional right to abortion or to require the government funding of abortion, and reserve to the people of Kansas, through their elected state legislators, the right to pass laws to regulate abortion, including, but not limited to, in circumstances of pregnancy resulting from rape or incest, or when necessary to save the life of the mother?
Results
Choice
Votes
%
• Yes
385,014
40.84%
X No
557,837
59.16%
Total votes
942,851
100.00%
Registered voters turnout
1,929,972
48.85%

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Karl (sad trombone noise enthusiast) @brainnotonyet.bsky.social · 24d

The hyper normalization of extrajudicial murder is accelerating within the infrastructure of the military that is quite quite bad news for when the full weight of the military is turned inward over the coming weeks and months.

Brian Finucane @bcfinucane.bsky.social · 24d

This appears to be the 3rd lethal US strike in the Caribbean.

Once again, the specific "terrorist" entity targeted is not identified.

No legal justification is offered for this premeditated killing.

President Trump is asserting a license to kill outside of the law. 1/n

On my Orders, the Secretary of War ordered a lethal kinetic strike on a vessel affiliated with a Designated Terrorist Organization conducting narcotrafficking in the USSOUTHCOM area of responsibility. Intelligence confirmed the vessel was trafficking illicit narcotics, and was transiting along a known narcotrafficking passage enroute to poison Americans. The strike killed 3 male narcoterrorists aboard the vessel, which was in international waters. No U.S. Forces were harmed in this strike. STOP SELLING FENTANYL, NARCOTICS, AND ILLEGAL DRUGS IN AMERICA, AND COMMITTING VIOLENCE AND TERRORISM AGAINST AMERICANS!!!

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Paris Marx @parismarx.com · 24d

Social media was once positioned as the great connecting force that would improve our world. If it ever did that, it certainly isn’t now.

We must rein in these platforms, and deceptive narratives aimed at stopped regulation isn’t helping. Age restrictions are an experiment worth trying.

Social media causes more harm than good

We need to stop falling for anti-regulation hysteria if we’re to get control of digital harms

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Ryan Teague Beckwith @ryanbeckwith.bsky.social · 24d

If you have an extra $10 a month to spare, here's a list of worker-owned cooperative news sites you might want to support:

• 404 Media
• Defector
• The Flytrap
• Flaming Hydra
• The Appeal
• Aftermath
• Racket
• Hell Gate
• The 51st
• The Colorado Sun
• Range Media
• Discourse Blog
• Pop Heist

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WebDesignMuseum @webdesignmuseum.org · 25d

Godzilla website in 2000

#WebDesignHistory

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Seth Rubenstein @sethrubenstein.info · 25d

Apple needs to make Airplay 3 with like fallback to Matter spec for interoperability.

Why is the gov taking 15% here 20% there from big tech and not dictating interoperability standards 😤

Seth Rubenstein @sethrubenstein.info · 26d

First I had to get rid of Paramount+, then I had to cancel the Disney+ family bundle. This year has been great for my overall goal of winnowing down subscription services.

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KFF @kff.org · 27d

Most parents (81%) say that public schools should require students to get the measles and polio vaccines, with exceptions for medical and religious reasons.

Among all parents, 8% requested a vaccine exemption so a child could attend school or daycare: https://on.kff.org/4nqSlZG

KFF chart titled “Most Parents Support Public School Vaccine Requirements for Measles and Polio, While About 1 in 5 Say Public Schools Should Not Require These Vaccines.” The chart is a mirrored bar chart showing percent who say either of the two claims comes closest to their view. Results shown by total parents, party identification, and support for MAGA.

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