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Peter Brannen @peterbrannen.bsky.social · 8h

Just remembered this jaw-dropping graph by @oceansclimatecu.bsky.social showing the rate of change in CO2 during the previous two deglaciations of the Pleistocene (which, as a fun aside, featured ~400 feet of sea level rise) as compared with today

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Dr. Aaron Thierry @thierryaaron.bsky.social · 7h

A partner to this similarly jaw-dropping chart...

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redrum scare(d) corncob (no one said it made sense) @inquiline.myatproto.social · 7h

Hey some nerd (me) is quoted here in this @columjournreview.bsky.social story about how low-power FM radio stations weathered federal funding cuts by being too small to be eligible for federal funding... in contrast to NPR. The invulnerability of the truly grassroots? 📻💚
www.cjr.org/feature/publ...

Against the precipitous backdrop of funding cuts to public media, low-power radio emerges as a lesser-known source of inspiration.

www.cjr.org

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Seth Cotlar @sethcotlar.bsky.social · 7h

Two big GOP activists from Oregon were in DC last month for meetings with Trump admin officials. On their podcast they talk about a plan they discussed to nullify the results of Oregon's 2026 federal elections. Pass federal voter ID law, then refuse to seat OR delegation because OR didn't comply.

Ep. 18: September to Remember
October 6 • S1 E18 • 44 min
Also, we proposed a idea how to do a end run on vote by mail. Concept is based on what Trump proposed. When you vote, you check everyone's citizenship as well as voter ID.
In a vote by mail state, you might be able to check citizenship during voter registration. You can send copies of your passport and your birth certificate in.
How in the world are you going to check our voters?
Voter ID, right? Vote by mail. So that creates a problem for Oregon.
But if federal government new requirement is to check both, and if Oregon can comply with the requirements, what would happen to our election result? I'm talking about the entire federal delegation.
For federal elections, we're talking about only federal elections.
COMMON SENSE
Vascluar

Ep. 18: September to Remember
October 6 • S1 E18 • 44 min
So entire federal delegation, congressmen and senators could be challenged, could be unseated because you didn't follow federal requirements to elect them. So I said the trade-off is worth it. You know why?
Democrats control two Senate seats out of six congressional seats. We only control one. They control five.
You talk about trade-off, right?
COMMON SENSE
Sanctuany

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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 7h

NEW: This year, Texas handed the keys to its congressional map over to Washington. The Republican Party’s top mapmaker testified Wednesday he received directions only from the White House, as well as requests from the Texas GOP congressional delegation.

www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

Top GOP Mapmaker Describes a Texas Gerrymander Ordered Up By Washington

Read more here.

www.democracydocket.com

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alex williams @atwilliams.bsky.social · 18h

"they used to try to use latin for this, back on the old internet"

Lord Businessman II @lordbusinessman.bsky.social · 20h

"no in the future people will cryptographically verify what's true and-" no they will not. People are fucking stupid.

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FactPost @factpostnews.bsky.social · 19h

Republicans continue to postpone the swearing-in of Adelita Grijalva, the newest Democrat elected to Congress, for an eighth day.

Her day one promise is to be the tie-breaking vote to release the Epstein files.

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alex williams @atwilliams.bsky.social · 19h

its funny to me how much more engaging and correct i find brian massumi's work now vs ten years ago

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Financial Times @financialtimes.com · 19h

German industrial output falls to 2005 levels as auto sector craters on.ft.com/4q2iwIm

German industrial output falls to 2005 levels as auto sector craters

Weak August data raises risk of Eurozone’s biggest economy falling back into technical recession

on.ft.com

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Sara Luterman @slooterman.bsky.social · 1d

Are rising prices and inflation eating into your or a loved one’s Social Security payments? Want to talk about it with a reporter for a news article? DM or email sluterman at 19thnews dot org.

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alex williams @atwilliams.bsky.social · 20h

reeding yeets

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Matthijs @mccaine.bsky.social · 20h

I'm in the William Morris museum in Walthamstow and it's funny how this issue of his socialist magazine Commonweal is just... posts. Morris would have been a poster

"The Commonweal" front page segment "Notes on News"

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Anthony Michael Kreis @anthonymkreis.bsky.social · 22h

Once again, I’m wondering why Democrats aren’t running with a straightforward message of “despotism is un-American and unaffordable” right now and all the way into the midterms.

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alex williams @atwilliams.bsky.social · 1d

now that im actually reading this instead of skimming, i'm wigging out: stanford published the first english language theory of posting in 1999. its all there in miniature

alex williams @atwilliams.bsky.social · Sep 7

"What is, therefore, is posted." - Bernhard Siegert

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alex williams @atwilliams.bsky.social · 1d

islamo-gauchisme? in 2025?

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alex williams @atwilliams.bsky.social · 1d

he was always so cool man

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Quinston Timeclock @jessefuchs.bsky.social · 1d

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alex williams @atwilliams.bsky.social · 1d

couldn't make Sextant on a piano

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alex williams @atwilliams.bsky.social · 1d

I think the thing I like the best about the language model era now is that I feel like I am doing writing projects that are sort of equivalent to "just discovered the synthesizer" era Herbie Hancock. like I'm going to get back to doing stuff that's less wacky later but like, this is so entertaining

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Mel Buer @melbuer.bsky.social · 1d

Mark Bray is a brilliant scholar and by all accounts a caring and wonderful educator, and is now moving to Europe because the fascists doxed him and his family

Feels pretty huge that he’s forced to do this—the harassment was bad in ‘16 but I don’t think he’s ever felt compelled to leave the country

Rutgers professor moving to Europe after threats over antifa accusations

Mark Bray says threats intensified after a Turning Point USA petition accused him of promoting political violence

www.theguardian.com

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alex williams @atwilliams.bsky.social · 1d

[stiegler voice]
we need a pharmacology of language models

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alex williams @atwilliams.bsky.social · 1d

and this response also tells me you've also grown in your capacity for sympathetic self-evaluation

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alex williams @atwilliams.bsky.social · 1d

rough

alex williams @atwilliams.bsky.social · 1d

are you saying you haven't grown since then

alex williams @atwilliams.bsky.social · 1d

it sort of pains me to say this, but wouldn't this also be a good way to register scientific data considered as readouts from specific machines to cut down on certain kinds of fraud in reporting and analysis

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