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Ethan Mollick @emollick.bsky.social · 8h

I think people are still unprepared for a world where you cannot trust any video content, despite years of warning.

Even when Google & OpenAI include watermarks, those can be easily removed, and open weights AI video models without guardrails are coming. www.404media.co/sora-2-water...

Sora 2 Watermark Removers Flood the Web

Bypassing Sora 2's rudimentary safety features is easy and experts worry it'll lead to a new era of scams and disinformation.

www.404media.co

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Claire Adida @claireadida.bsky.social · 11h

"Many of the CEOs I spoke with didn’t care about democracy per se. For them, democracy wasn’t a moral good. It was a source of volatility. What they wanted was stability... "

But "The evidence is overwhelming: countries that weaken democracy do not gain more stability and security, they lose it."

The Illusion of Order:

Business leaders think a little autocracy might bring stability. History and data say the opposite.

barbarafwalter.substack.com

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Kathleen J. Frydl @kfrydl.bsky.social · 15h

there is a structural element here, in that Catholic Charities is a major player & in receipt of a lot of gov $$

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Kathleen J. Frydl @kfrydl.bsky.social · 15h

"expand your efforts, don’t retreat"

Civil Rights Lawyer Bryan Stevenson on How America’s Story Should Be Told

www.nytimes.com

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Robinson Meyer @robinsonmeyer.bsky.social · 1d

NEW: Trump is moving to kill all funding for proposed Texas and Louisiana mega-hubs to capture CO₂ from the atmosphere

The bipartisan-backed hubs represented a rare clean tech industry where the US was on the cutting edge

by @emilypont.bsky.social for @heatmap.news

heatmap.news/politics/doe...

Trump to Cancel Direct Air Capture Hubs in Texas, Louisiana

A new list of grant cancellations obtained by Heatmap includes Climeworks and Heirloom projects funded by 2021 infrastructure law.

heatmap.news

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Philip Bump @pbump.com · 1d

In the vast majority of states, guns that came from other states and were recovered from crime scenes mostly came from red states. www.pbump.net/o/the-red-st...

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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 1d

If the National Governors Association chooses to remain silent, Illinois will have no choice but to withdraw from the organization.

We should be standing as one against the idea that Donald Trump can call up the National Guard against our will.

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Dan Vergano @danvergano.bsky.social · 1d

"Tear induction during onion cutting has long vexed the culinary community."

www.pnas.org/doi/abs/10.1...

"high-speed visuals, we found that an onion does not release tear-triggering fluid in one burst"

"a practical fix: Keep knives sharp and cut gently"

Droplet outbursts from onion cutting | PNAS

Cutting onions often leads to tear-inducing aerosol release, yet the underlying mechanics remain poorly understood. In this work, via high-speed ch...

www.pnas.org

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Brian Finucane @bcfinucane.bsky.social · 2d

Old: OLC Torture Memo

New: OLC Murder Memo

Brian Finucane @bcfinucane.bsky.social · 2d

The Senate Judiciary Committee needs to get a copy of this OLC memo publicly released.

www.cnn.com/2025/10/06/p...

Exclusive: Classified Justice Department opinion authorizes strikes on secret list of cartels, sources say | CNN Politics

The Trump administration has produced a classified legal opinion that justifies lethal strikes against a secret and expansive list of cartels and suspected drug traffickers, according to multiple peop...

www.cnn.com

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Protect Democracy @protectdemocracy.org · 2d

Attn. civil servants — For a curated list of resources for current and former feds to help navigate attacks on the federal workforce by visit our resources page below: https://protectdemocracy.org/work/resources-for-civil-servants/

Resources for civil servants

If you are still employed as a federal civil servant, there are some initial steps you can take to make things slightly simpler if you are separated from employment.

protectdemocracy.org

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Jason K Pargin, author @jasonkpargin.bsky.social · 2d

It is SUCH a formative experience the first time your favorite artist releases a bad album. I envy all the kids going through it this week, you’re about to learn so much about the world! You’re learning how to let go!

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The Lancet @thelancet.com · 2d

On this week’s cover of The Lancet, a new letter: “Gaza’s healthocide: medical societies must not stay silent”.

Read the letter and more in our latest issue: tinyurl.com/5n85x448

Cover of The Lancet's Oct 4, 2025 issue. Cover quote reads: "Most medical and surgical societies worldwide have remained silent or issued vague statements about Gaza's healthocide [...] Staying silent while pretending to be neutral is, in effect, a form of complicity."

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Kathleen J. Frydl @kfrydl.bsky.social · 2d

Not unexpected, but most unwelcome

Ex-Prime Minister Set to Return to Power in Czech Republic

www.nytimes.com

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 2d

“No one man can terrorize a whole nation, unless we are all his accomplices.” -Edward R. Murrow

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Martha Albertson Fineman @mlafineman.bsky.social · 2d

“new owners largely want the studios & sports and don’t care about the news org…rich men, especially tech men, think they deserve no criticism and also need constant fluffing. They value a mirrortocracy over a meritocracy and welcome a mediocrity.”
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...

CBS News staffers are ‘literally freaking out’ about Bari Weiss taking over newsroom

EXCLUSIVE: ‘People are using words like depressing and doomsday – feels like some sort of doomsday,’ one source told The Independent about the mood inside CBS News right now.

www.independent.co.uk

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John Gramlich @johngramlich.bsky.social · 2d

The US Supreme Court returns today for its new term, two decades after John Roberts became chief justice. As this chart shows, public views of the court are much more negative – and far more politically divided – than 20 years ago. www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/...

Line chart showing how public opinion of the U.S. Supreme Court has changed in recent decades, both among Americans overall and among Republicans and Democrats. The chart is based on Pew Research Center surveys of U.S. adults.

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James Fallows @jfallows.bsky.social · 3d

This is a *great* series @nytimes.com has been doing:

'50 Fixes From 50 States'

Local-level innovations for environmental repair and sustainability.

Series is here: www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

Today's, on Delaware, is here (and surprising and interesting)
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/20/c...

Do Coconuts Go With Oysters? For Saving the Delaware Shore, Yes.

www.nytimes.com

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Kristen Parisi @kris10p.bsky.social · 3d

For women's soccer fans - Washington Spirit is currently up 1-0 in the first half against the San Diego Wave

If you're *not* familiar with the Spirit, check them out. The matches are incredible, the players are great, & politically vocal

@51st.news takes a deep dive:

51st.news/dc-spirit-tr...

Washington Spirit games provide a field for Trump resistance

Women's soccer fans have taken to the stands with banners, flags, and pro-D.C. chants.

51st.news

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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 3d

Iceland is becoming no-ice land.

How Icelanders are grieving the loss of 'dead' and melting glaciers

Iceland’s glaciers are disappearing. For locals, it’s a profoundly sad loss.

www.thejournal.ie

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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 4d

This morning, the Trump Administration’s Department of War gave me an ultimatum: call up your troops, or we will. It is absolutely outrageous and un-American to demand a Governor send military troops within our own borders and against our will.

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Jamie Dupree @jamiedupree.bsky.social · 5d

🚨🚨The House reading clerk just read a letter from House Speaker Mike Johnson where he declares a 'District Work Period' from October 7 to October 13.

That would mean no votes in the House until mid-month.

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Kathleen Bachynski @bachynski.bsky.social · 5d

“Compared with the general public, pregnant women are more likely to end up in the intensive care unit from Covid and to need a ventilator. And the effects can linger for the remainder of the pregnancy, with the virus potentially affecting placental development, said Dr. Victoria Petruzzi”

Covid Shots Protect Pregnant Women, but Getting Them Now Can Be Hard

www.nytimes.com

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Jason Sanford @jasonsanford.bsky.social · 6d

The official database of works eligible for the Anthropic AI settlement has been released and, as I suspected, many authors are screwed. Basically, if your books weren't officially registered with the US Copyright Office you're out of luck. 1/ secure.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com/lookup/results

Welcome to the Anthropic Copyright Settlement Website
Are you the legal or beneficial copyright owner of a book included in the Anthropic Copyright Settlement?
You could get a payment from the $1.5 billion Settlement.

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Ada Palmer @adapalmer.bsky.social · 5d

Exceptional Doctorow piece on the solar rollout, why it's unstoppable, & why many old downsides of solar aren't factors anymore. The entire material mining needed 4 a global solar transition = only 17% of the fossil fuel mining we do every year! & then we're done! doctorow.medium.com/https-plural...

Decarbonization at a distance

A post-American century that runs on sunshine.

doctorow.medium.com

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Kathleen J. Frydl @kfrydl.bsky.social · 6d

Fascists can be fascists without/before

1) they establish control of their party
2) they establish control of the state

We are past #1; they are working toward #2.

Biggest difference between 2016-18 & 2024-2026 is the unquestioned control that Trump has over GOP today.

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