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Joseph Fink @planetoffinks.bsky.social · 21h

this is how I, a resident of LA, found out that the Palisades fire was arson, that they caught the guy, and that he used gen AI to work his way up to doing the crime

niki grayson @nikigrayson.com · 22h

the city of los angeles burned in january in part because of a man who couldn’t stop generating images of burning cities on ChatGPT, and then after he lit the fire he asked if the fire he started was his fault

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Julie& @himissjulie.bsky.social · 13h

Maybe if Obama went to prison Trump would want to do that too.

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Julie& @himissjulie.bsky.social · 13h

It’s weird to say “happy banned books week” y’all.

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skellyton bones jensen @heykellyjensen.bsky.social · 20h

There is a reason I put this survey together.

www.civilbeat.org/2025/10/hawa...

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Jennifer Kretchmer @dreamwisp.bsky.social · 1d

Because it feels relevant as we continue to evaluate the media and our representatives’ statements, my favorite way to identify the active vs. passive voice.

A post by Rebecca Johnson:
“I finally learned how to teach my guys to ID the passive voice. If you can insert "by zombies" after the verb, you have passive voice.”

A tumblr respond from mightymur:
“The final, brilliant word on passive voice.
"She was killed [by zombies.]"<--passive
"Zombies killed [by zombies] her." <-- active”

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Paul Fairie @paulisci.bsky.social · 1d

A Brief History of Men are Becoming Less Manly

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Alexa Ray Corriea @alexaray.bsky.social · 2d

It’s boiling in October because you’re using ChatGPT to write your emails, Janice.

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Julie& @himissjulie.bsky.social · 1d

Mia Tyler?

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Julie& @himissjulie.bsky.social · 3d

Can people just like what they like ffs

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Sis. Petty Shabazz @deelo502.bsky.social · 3d

Because neurodivergent people are so literal and honest, we get mislabeled as rude, sassy, or smart-mouthed when we’re actually just being exact.

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Julie& @himissjulie.bsky.social · 3d

Got a letter that Illinois is opening its own health insurance marketplace. I’m hoping this means my plan can stay affordable and I can continue working part time. I need more time to recover from the burnout and trauma inflicted on me by my prior workplaces. And 5 day work weeks are inhumane.

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Preorder Read This When Things Fall Apart @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 4d

I have a full day today, but I woke up early to put this edition of my newsletter together because I need you all to have this rundown of what we've been up against this week in Chicago as the federal assault on our city continues. To ignore these developments would be a damning mistake for us all.

Must-Reads and the War on Chicago

"Chicagoans will not be a conquered people."

organizingmythoughts.org

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Julie& @himissjulie.bsky.social · 4d

I’m not intimidating, you’re just an insecure little bitch.

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Julie& @himissjulie.bsky.social · 4d

ICE agents drunk on their own power pulled screaming adults and crying children from their Chicago apartments during a large overnight illegal raid that has left tenants and neighbors shaken. cnn.it/4pPCXIt

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 4d

The wealth of the richest 1% in America just hit a record $52 trillion. These are the people getting huge tax cuts — paid for by cuts to health care for millions of Americans. Every lie Trump and Republicans are telling right now about the shutdown is meant to distract you from this.

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MiMi Aye @meemalee.bsky.social · 5d

Author and filmmaker Justine Bateman on generative AI

"They're trying to convince people they can't do the things they've been doing easily for years - to write emails, to write a presentation. Your daughter wants you to make up a bedtime story about puppies - to write that for you." We will get to the point, she says with a grim laugh, "that you will essentially become just a skin bag of organs and bones, nothing else. You won't know anything and you will be told repeatedly that you can't do it, which is the opposite of what life has to offer. Capitulating all kinds of decisions like where to go on vacation, what to wear today, who to date, what to eat.
People are already doing this. You won't have to process grief, because you'll have uploaded photos and voice messages from your mother who just died, and then she can talk to you via AI video call every day. One of the ways it's going to destroy humans, long before there's a nuclear disaster, is going to be the emotional hollowing-out of people." - author and filmmaker Justine Bateman from a piece by Emine Saner for the Guardian

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Sonya Sloan, M.D. @sonyasloanmd.bsky.social · 5d

www.yahoo.com/news/article... @meidastouch.com

‘He wasn’t this national hero’: US college students voice concern over Charlie Kirk’s idolization

Black, brown and LGBTQ+ students across the US are puzzled by all the praise the far-right commentator has received after his killing

www.yahoo.com

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skellyton bones jensen @heykellyjensen.bsky.social · 5d

Chicago-area folks. Did you know there is a dedicated website for banned books events in and around the city? It's chicagobannedbooks.org and right now, it redirects to FB...but it will have its own content soon.

Here's what events are on tap for next week: www.facebook.com/events/17104...

Chicago-area Banned Books Week

Event by Chicago Banned Books Week on Sunday, October 5 2025

www.facebook.com

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Keifer @dannyvegito.bsky.social · 6d

A Charlie Kirk fan stalked these teenage girls for months, did livestreams where he harassed them, and murdered them after one of them said something critical of Charlie Kirk.

This should be headline news. It’s a horrific tragedy.

New York Post @nypost.com · 7d

NJ teen girls killed in quiet suburb by alleged stalker who ran them down in Jeep: ‘She made complaints and nothing was done’

"Just horrible. Nothing in the world is more horrible than what I saw yesterday. I have kids, you know, and so no family should have to go through this."

nypost.com

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Julie& @himissjulie.bsky.social · 5d

I lovingly dedicate this sign to all nice white librarians.

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Elizabeth Cronise McLaughlin @ecmclaughlin.bsky.social · 5d

Shoutout to @nicollewallace.bsky.social for not sugar-coating anything and saying on the air that an ICE agent said “fuck them kids” while handcuffing them naked in Chicago after an apartment raid.

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Monica Maalouf, MD @maaloufmd.bsky.social · 5d

My husband was detained by ICE today

Juan Muñoz, an American citizen, father of 2, and local government official, was peacefully protesting w. other elected officials. He was assaulted and taken away

I have had zero contact or updates since

#SOS
@duckworth.senate.gov @durbin.senate.gov

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Julie& @himissjulie.bsky.social · 5d

Remember when google’s motto was “don’t be evil”?

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Julie& @himissjulie.bsky.social · 5d

Happy Bandcamp Friday. I have a lot of music that I’d love for you to listen to. All money from Lovetaker goes to Girls Rock! Chicago to support the next generation of female and nonbinary musicians. juliejurgens.bandcamp.com

Julie Jurgens

A singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist whose fearless, empathetic songs draw upon an upbringing in rural Illinois fraught with experiences of poverty, mental illness and domestic violence, su...

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chris-ture from the black lagoon @thecorlew.bsky.social · 6d

seven-year-old: “who’s voice is that”

me: “Bob Dylan”

7yo: “is that yr friend”

me: “no a singer”

7yo: “not a very good singer”

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