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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 8d

The White House is asking people not to share pictures of the East Wing because it’s even worse today.

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Venessa Paech @venessap.bsky.social · 9d

This is most cool Sarah.

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Venessa Paech @venessap.bsky.social · 9d

Omg.

a group of people are sitting on a plane and one of them is a man with blonde hair

ALT: a group of people are sitting on a plane and one of them is a man with blonde hair

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Brian's Ghostly Visage @priorplanning.life · 11d

Explains a LOT.

futurism.com/future-socie...

Tech Bros Have Been Accidentally Poisoning Themselves With Severe Brain Toxins for Years

Among the worst offenders was meal-replacement company Huel, a long-time favorite among Bay Area builders.

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Laura Rozen @lkrozen.bsky.social · 12d

New: In a backsliding democracy, ‘public mobilization is the guardrail’

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In backsliding democracy, ‘public mobilization is the guardrail’

Some excerpts as we head into the weekend.

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Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 15d

Unless and until some kind of compelling legal and moral argument is presented as to why this is a legitimate use of deadly force, this is just…mass murder.

Amarnath Amarasingam @amaramarasingam.bsky.social · 15d

The military has now killed 27 people as if they were enemy soldiers in a war zone and not criminal suspects. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/14/u...

U.S. Military Kills Another 6 People in 5th Caribbean Strike, Trump Says

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50501: The People’s Movement ❌👑 @50501movement.bsky.social · 16d

The Portland Frog army has now infiltrated Tulsa, OK and they’ve made an unlikely alliance with the T-Rex infantry and Sharks on Hoverboards mercenary forces.

This is truly terrifying.

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bleary @bleary.off-the-records.com · 16d

If anyone needs me I will be in the museum, lying down next to the bog bodies.

Did people really memorize phone numbers before cell phones, or is that just a movie thing?
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I was watching some old shows from the 90s and noticed people would just dial numbers from memory - like they'd call their friends or family without looking anything up.
Made me wonder if that was actually normal back then? Did people genuinely have all their important numbers memorized, or did most folks keep a little address book or written list nearby?

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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 17d

‘Death to Spotify’: the DIY movement to get artists and fans to quit the music app

Musicians have long criticized the streaming service’s paltry payouts, but a new wave of boycotts is emerging

www.theguardian.com

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𝐉𝐨𝐡𝐧 𝐂𝐚𝐫𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫'𝐬 𝐀𝐉 𝐌𝐚𝐜𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐲 @ajmacready.bsky.social · 18d

TRON is a super cult-ass franchise *anyway* but I promise you more people would have gone to see it in theaters if Jared Leto wasn't in it

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Derek Powazek @fraying.bsky.social · 18d

Yes, the internet has always had lies on it because sometimes humans are liars. But generative AI slop is always lies because the generators don’t ever know what truth is. They’re weapons of mass information destruction, a difference in scale nobody seems ready to acknowledge.

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Meredith Broussard, PhD @merbroussard.bsky.social · 22d

Genius.

The Oatmeal: “Consuming AI art is like eating styrofoam.”

The Oatmeal:”AI art is an interesting technology because despite its growing popularity, nobody seems to want it.”

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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 22d

If a four-year-old can pronounce a name correctly, so can a politician | Arwa Mahdawi

When someone’s name is repeatedly botched, we shouldn’t give the perpetrators the benefit of the doubt. Just ask NYC mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani, writes Arwa Mahdawi

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Amy Ash @lolennui.bsky.social · 22d

George Orwell’s Animal Crossing

Someone in a frog costume facing down a line of police in riot gear

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Melanie D’Arrigo @darrigomelanie.bsky.social · 22d

I feel like this photo of masked, armed men pepper spraying a pastor protecting his community is going to be a defining picture of this moment in America for a long, long time.

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 29d

Two months before Calvin Alexander’s parole hearing date, he was told he was no longer eligible.

Why? An algorithm had deemed the nearly blind 70-year-old, who uses a wheelchair, a “moderate risk,” barring him from speaking to the parole board.

(Published April w/ @veritenews.org)

An Algorithm Deemed This Nearly Blind 70-Year-Old Prisoner a “Moderate Risk.” Now He’s No Longer Eligible for Parole.

A Louisiana law cedes much of the power of the parole board to an algorithm that bars thousands of prisoners from a shot at early release. Civil rights attorneys say it could disproportionately harm B...

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petey @peteypayless.bsky.social · Sep 23

the US if Tylenol actually caused autism

A map titled United States High Speed Rail System showing a theoretical high speed rail system in the United States. Some lines also connect north to Vancouver or the Quebec City–Windsor Corridor, or south to Tijuana or Monterrey. The map is credited to First Cultural Industries AKA Alfred Twu, dated from February 2013, and is downloadable at www.californiarailmap.com

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Derek Powazek @fraying.bsky.social · Sep 13

You cannot build a social platform for humans without doing the difficult work of managing humans. There is no tech technological solution to this problem. It’s messy human weirdness all the way down.

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Sarah T Roberts, PhD @ubiquity75.xyz · Sep 13

If there were ever any doubt that internet celebrity had completely usurped other roles, such as area expert, public intellectual, or even TV star, it should be erased now. There is no discernible line or differentiation to who is listened to, beyond the willingness to be extreme in a suit.

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Will Oremus @willoremus.com · Sep 8

A German teen told Meta's child safety researchers his under-10 little brother had been sexually propositioned multiple times on its VR platform.

Meta deleted the evidence.

New internal whistleblower docs indicate that was part of a broader cover-up: www.washingtonpost.com/investigatio...

Meta suppressed research on child safety, employees say

The company’s lawyers intervened to shape research that might have shed light on risks in virtual reality, four current and former staffers have told Congress. Meta denies the allegations.

www.washingtonpost.com

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Dr. Jonathan N. Stea @jonathanstea.bsky.social · Sep 5

It’s wild living in the Information Age and the Dark Age at the same time.

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Venessa Paech @venessap.bsky.social · Sep 4

AI slop alert

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Anil Dash @anildash.com · Aug 25

We are in it.

Garrett M. Graff @vermontgmg.bsky.social · Aug 25

The precise moment when and where in recent weeks America crossed that invisible line from democracy into authoritarianism can and will be debated by future historians, but it’s clear that the line itself has been crossed. www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/america-ti...