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Christopher Mathias @letsgomathias.bsky.social · 2h

in the Bible it says to help people only if they have papers and a Cigna plan

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 4h

Mike Johnson: "If you're a young, pregnant American citizen women who shows up in an ER and you get treated and they pay the hospital less for treating you than some illegal rabble rouser who came in from some South American country to do us harm, that is wrong."

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Keith W. Dickinson @keithwdickinson.bsky.social · 8h

Today is a day when arts degrees are worthless, but the product of those degrees is so valuable it would kill an entire industry if they were made to pay for it.

The Verge @theverge.com · May 26

Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry

Paul McCartne, Elton John and others signed an open letter.

buff.ly

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Epoch @epochphilosophy.com · 1d

Fourth stage cyberpunkism

Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 1d

Get it now?

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Epoch @epochphilosophy.com · 2d

Absolutely killer new video out. Do watch.

Michael Burns @michaelburns.bsky.social · 2d

NEW BIG VIDEO UP NOW:

this one has it all - driverless taxis, ICE detention centers, weird guys obsessed with Lord of the Rings, and so much more.

youtu.be/_spw4MnVsHw

Your Robot Taxi is Fueling the Police the State

YouTube video by Michael Burns

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 3d

ProPublica and @theassemblync.bsky.social found that in some North Carolina counties, homeowners with the highest incomes received two to three times as much FEMA housing assistance as those with lower incomes after Hurricane Helene.

By @jenniferberryhawes.bsky.social and Ren Larson

Arduous and Unequal: The Fight to Get FEMA Housing Assistance After Helene

An analysis by ProPublica and The Assembly of the more rural counties in North Carolina hardest hit by Helene shows that the households that got the most aid tended to have the highest incomes.

www.propublica.org

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KOJAMF🤘🖤🤘 @kojamf.bsky.social · 3d

Dr. Jane Goodall filmed an interview with Netflix in March 2025 that she understood would only be released after her death.

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Epoch @epochphilosophy.com · 4d

This might be the most insane thing I've read all week

Jess Piper @piperformissouri.bsky.social · 4d

“They asked for a sword, and we said, ‘Well, we do have swords, but we can’t give them away because they’re museum artifacts,’” said Todd Arrington, forced to resign as head of Dwight D. Eisenhower Presidential Library.”

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Epoch @epochphilosophy.com · 5d

If anyone else needs a reason to stop using Apple products besides the fact they are overpriced as absolute fuck, here is one

Jason Koebler @jasonkoebler.bsky.social · 5d

so the US government just forced a tech company to delete an app it doesn’t like, which is totally normal stuff

www.404media.co/iceblock-own...

ICEBlock Owner After Apple Removes App: ‘We Are Determined to Fight This’

Apple removed ICEBlock reportedly after direct pressure from Department of Justice officials. “I am incredibly disappointed by Apple's actions today. Capitulating to an authoritarian regime is never t...

www.404media.co

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Alanna Smith @alannawrites.bsky.social · 7d

The language of non-consent around AI is really telling. "It's too late to be scared." "It's here whether we want it or not." "You'll have to learn to work with it." "You can't fight the inevitable."

All just variations of "you're not allowed to say no." Creepy technology made by creepy people.

The Guardian @theguardian.com · 7d

‘It’s too late to be scared’: readers on the controversial rise of AI ‘actors’

The birth of AI ‘actor’ Tilly Norwood has caused a backlash in Hollywood and has sparked conversation from Guardian readers

www.theguardian.com

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More Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 7d

BREAKING: The number of jobs created in August has been revised from 54,000 down to -3,000.

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Epoch @epochphilosophy.com · 7d

Damn. Props to you all for this.

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Epoch @epochphilosophy.com · 9d

I for one am very happy EA is getting the private equity treatment. Couldn't happen to a more deserving party.

Wario64 @wario64.bsky.social · 9d

EA Announces Agreement to be Acquired by PIF, Silver Lake, and Affinity Partners for $55 Billion www.businesswire.com/news/home/20...

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helen, gender goblin @gendergoblinhelen.bsky.social · 9d

'out of the three mass shootings today'

Our Earth Affairs @ourearthaffairs.bsky.social · 9d

Iraq War veteran Thomas Sanford has been identified as the gunman who attacked Grand Blanc Mormon church, killing 2 people and setting it ablaze. Out of the three mass shootings today, two of them have been carried out by Iraq war veterans.

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Aaron Ross Powell ☸️ @aaronrosspowell.com · 10d

A moral society would make guys like this absolute pariahs, basically excommunicated from all sources of social belonging and support. There's no excusing beliefs like this. They're products of an entirely malformed being.

David Bier @davidjbier.bsky.social · 10d

Border Patrol agent talks about how he knows that the people he's arresting at this nutrition bar factory in NY are "literal street rats" who would "eat our kids"

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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 13d

In 2016, JD Vance mused that Trump might be "America's Hitler"

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Epoch @epochphilosophy.com · 14d

Death Standings writing sucked so bad lol. The gameplay loop and ideas were awesome tho

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Epoch @epochphilosophy.com · 14d

It's so weird and often his games are so atmospheric at times it simply "works" when you're playing it. But when you are thinking about the stories and characters in isolation it's so damn stupid lol.

I think MGSV was my favorite game of his writing wise.

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Epoch @epochphilosophy.com · 14d

Nothing could have prepared me for this headline

Rob (Argh!) @mrpostsgood.bsky.social · 15d

Harris is absolutely determined to keep outdoing her previous "most stupid statement" of the day

The Hill: Harris on Trump: "We're dealing with a communist dictator"

Alex Gangitano, 9/23/25

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Johana Bhuiyan @jmbooyah.bsky.social · 16d

NEW: How does ICE actually use Palantir?

A new cache of documents obtained by @justfutureslaw.bsky.social from 2014-2022 give us a fresh look at real examples of how the agency has used the technology to perform enforcement operations www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...

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David Sirota @davidsirota.com · 17d

The final stage of the Master Plan is here - the stage when people in power stop trying to hide anything, stop trying to create a pretense, and proudly declare that they "do not care" about corruption.

MasterPlanPodcast.com