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johnmark @johnmark.org · 14h

Molly does hands-down the best reporting on the crypto industry. Shining a light on blatant corruption may seem quaint and inconsequential right now, but it will make a difference. It's important to have a record of the grift, and you can play a role by supporting her investigative work.

Molly White @molly.wiki · 15h

Newsletter: Trump is still corrupt, a core developer warns bitcoin won’t survive an upcoming code change, and crypto lenders are ratcheting up leverage like it’s 2022.

www.citationneeded.news/issue-94/

Issue 94 – Backdoor deals

Trump is still corrupt, a core developer warns bitcoin won’t survive an upcoming code change, and crypto lenders are ratcheting up leverage like it’s 2022.

www.citationneeded.news

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Jeff @bettysears.bsky.social · 14h

When you can trace how ChatGTP came up with your answer.

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Elizabeth Lopatto @lopatto.bsky.social · 1d

please read my memo www.theverge.com/business/793...

Memo to Bari Weiss Re: CBS News: You’re doomed

Bari Weiss has sold her company, The Free Press, to manage the decline of broadcast news at CBS. How many ways can it go wrong?

www.theverge.com

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Jeff @bettysears.bsky.social · 1d

My god this was cathartic to read. Thank you.

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Jeff @bettysears.bsky.social · 2d

Why should any of your listeners trust your judgment if all the things you “didn’t vote for” were clearly stated by those you argued with.

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Jeff @bettysears.bsky.social · 2d

Follow up: how does anyone lower prices by more than 100%? Will drug companies now pay us to use their products?

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Jeff @bettysears.bsky.social · 3d

If Trumps health is suspect could this be Miller trying to beat the clock before he’s sidelined?

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Jeff @bettysears.bsky.social · 3d

FAFO one hopes.

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John Light @johnalight.bsky.social · 3d

Kate is liveblogging a highly unusual Sunday evening federal court hearing as Portland, Oregon and California attempt to block the Texas and California National Guards from being sent to Portland. (The administration is also trying to send the Texas Guard to Chicago.)

Kate Riga @kateriga.bsky.social · 3d

1) Trump-appointed judge rules admin cannot deploy Oregon National Guard to Portland 2) Trump admin deploys California Guard there instead, circumventing her ruling 3) CA joins Portland/Oregon in filing for a second temporary restraining order 4) judge schedules emergency hearing (about to start)

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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 4d

Trey Reed, a student at Delta State University in Mississippi, was found hanging from a noose. Mississippi police ruled the death a suicide. Now an autopsy reportedly concludes that he suffered extensive blunt force trauma across his body before he died, meaning he was beaten before he was lynched.

Kaepernick-Funded Autopsy Reportedly Finds Trey Reed Didn’t Die by Suicide — Family Attorney Ben Crump Hasn’t Confirmed

According to a source who isn't authorized to comment publicly, the autopsy of Trey Reed reveals that his death was not caused by a suicide.

www.blackenterprise.com

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annamm @anmle.bsky.social · 4d

“On average, three hikers have died every day throughout this summer in Italy’s high peaks.”
20% more than in 2024.

Combine inexperienced tourists + "Since about a year ago, many people have begun to think everything on ChatGPT is correct. It is not a tool for mountain advice, routes, or planning.”

Why Are the Italian Alps So Deadly This Summer?

On average, three hikers have died every day throughout the summer in Italy’s high peaks. Experts explain why.

www.outsideonline.com

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Jeff @bettysears.bsky.social · 5d

I guess he can be on a coin.

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Reality Winner @reazlepuff.bsky.social · 5d

What the fuck do you mean I got a longer prison sentence than Diddy

Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 5d

NEW YORK (AP) — Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs sentenced to 4 years and 2 months in prison in case involving sex workers, violence and ‘freak-offs’.

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Jeff @bettysears.bsky.social · 5d

One involved being true to your soul, the other involved selling your soul to the devil.

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Electronic Frontier Foundation @eff.org · 5d

BREAKING: California Attorney General sues the El Cajon Police Department over illegal sharing of data from Flock Safety automated license plate readers. oag.ca.gov/news/press-...

Attorney General Bonta Sues El Cajon for Illegally Sharing License

SAN DIEGO — California Attorney General Rob Bonta today filed a lawsuit against the City of El Cajon over its refusal to comply with state law prohibiting the sharing of license plate data with

oag.ca.gov

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Jeff @bettysears.bsky.social · 5d

👏your parenting and role modeling.

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Jessica Valenti @jessicavalenti.bsky.social · 5d

Don't ever let anyone scare you about have a teenage daughter - it's the best 💜

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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 7d

From 1939-1945 German officers also listened to speeches from civilians about how the laws of war didn’t apply to them. And then they participated in the Holocaust, starved millions of prisoners of war, destroyed villages and cities, and were defeated.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 8d

Hegseth: "We unleash overwhelming and punishing violence on the enemy. We also don't fight with stupid rules of engagement. We untie the hands of our warfighters to intimidate, demoralize, hunt, and kill the enemies of our country. No more politically correct and overbearing rules of engagement."

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NE Ohio Regional Sewer District @neorsd.org · 8d

I’m a sewage system. I also have a great personality.

Elizabeth Jacobs, PhD
@elizabethjacobs.bsky.social
I'm an epidemiologist. Sewage systems are sexy.

Dosco Jones @doscojones.bsky.social
I'm an engineer. Sewage systems are sexy.

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Sarah Taber @sarahtaber.bsky.social · 8d

US farmers are saying they "just need temporary help, until things get better."

Here's the thing. US farm exports- which are mostly soy- CANNOT get better.

Other countries expanded their soy industries to fill China's demand.

We've walled ourselves out of the global market, folks. This is it.

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Jeff @bettysears.bsky.social · 8d

Now it’s time to sign AB 566 sitting on your desk waiting for what?

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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 8d

We laugh at this shit -- I mean, how can you not? -- but it's serious: these guys want to infuse reactionary thinking into AI and then infuse AI into every nook & cranny of American life. They can't win the argument so they are trying to blunt-force their views onto us with money & power.

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Molly White @molly.wiki · 9d

Someone should probably inform the White House's "AI & Crypto Czar" that no one is forcing AI companies to train their models on Wikipedia

Tweet by David Sacks: "Wikipedia is hopelessly biased. An army of left-wing activists maintain the bios and fight reasonable corrections. Magnifying the problem, Wikipedia often appears first in Google search results, and now it’s a trusted source for AI model training. This is a huge problem."

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Tim Onion @bencollins.bsky.social · 12d

We have a white supremacist gestapo with complete immunity in our country now.

Right now: As an ICE agent sets up floodlights facing a few protesters outside the Broadview ICE facility, one activist remarks that photos “better not be for your spank bank.”

“Nothing from your genetic lineage would be in my sp…” the agent began to reply, cutting himself off.

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Jeff @bettysears.bsky.social · 12d

Sam(e) vibe