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Lia Russell @liaoffleash.bsky.social · 17h

Read my 2nd article of the week about how my hometown is about to be subsumed by “AI wealth”

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Lia Russell @liaoffleash.bsky.social · 19h

"You're not my dad" culture taken to an extreme

Kashmir Hill @kashhill.bsky.social · 20h

This is absolutely wild. I’m on a cross country flight. We are being diverted midway through to Denver. The reason? Some dude is sitting in the exit row who didn’t pay the $155 fee and he refuses to move back to his seat.

Lia Russell @liaoffleash.bsky.social · 1d

2/3, but it’s a wash because we’re all going to be scammed when the bots learn to parrot Infinite Jest 2.0

Jessica Price @delafina777.bsky.social · 1d

Hey all, I'm trying to get a baseline for how good people are at detecting whether fiction is AI-generated or human-written (most of the research on this is for nonfiction and my hypothesis is we're better with fiction).

If you have time, give it a try?

jlp-experiment.github.io/ai-detection...

AI vs Human Fiction Detection Test

jlp-experiment.github.io

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Kate Wolffe @katewolffe.bsky.social · 1d

New investigation from me into the new Republican Leader of the CA Assembly, Heath Flora.

I dug into Flora's voluminous campaign finance records and drove down to his legal address to see who lives there (not him!)

Read more here (gift article): www.sacbee.com/news/politic...

Top CA Republican vowed to cut waste, corruption. His spending says otherwise

An investigation by The Bee raises questions about the new leader’s registered address, his travel stipend and his personal conduct.

www.sacbee.com

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Lia Russell @liaoffleash.bsky.social · 1d

I may or may not have taken my edits from the bar because the official list of vetoes came out at 8:30pm lol

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Lia Russell @liaoffleash.bsky.social · 1d

😘

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ghostly gwen howerton @kissphoria.bsky.social · 1d

you should read this piece from my pal @liaoffleash.bsky.social instead of this www.sacbee.com/news/politic...

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Lia Russell @liaoffleash.bsky.social · 2d

People who belong in the Hague for war crimes:
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—people who steal barbell clips from the gym

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Lia Russell @liaoffleash.bsky.social · 3d

I’m glad someone else is suffering because I thought it was just me

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shauna @goldengateblond.bsky.social · 3d

YES OF COURSE I’M WATCHING THE WARRIORS i don’t care if it’s just preseason i suffered through months of boring ass baseball to get here you will not deprive me of this

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Lia Russell @liaoffleash.bsky.social · 3d

I asked the WH for comment, got this response

Due to staff shortages resulting from the Democrat Shutdown, the typical 24/7 monitoring of this press inbox may experience delays. We ask for your patience as our staff work to field your requests in a timely manner. As you await a response, please remember this could have been avoided if the Democrats voted for the clean Continuing Resolution to keep the government open. The press office also cannot accommodate waves requests or escorts at this time. Thank you for your attention to this matter. -White House Press Office

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Lia Russell @liaoffleash.bsky.social · 3d

Breaking: Trump is illegally sending 300 CA National Guard members to Portland, flouting a court order blocking him from using the OR National Guard. Gavin Newsom says he'll sue, calling it a "breathtaking abuse of the law and power" www.sacbee.com/news/politic...

Defying court order, Trump sends California National Guard troops to Oregon

California Gov. Gavin Newsom called it a “breathtaking abuse of the law and power.”

www.sacbee.com

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Taylor Griggs @taylorgriggs.bsky.social · 4d

This article has a lot more important problems so I feel stupid saying this…but umm…the Mercury wrote and published the first major article about the DSA councilors back in June. Of course it isn’t the local reporting linked or mentioned here.

What Happens When Socialists Are in Charge? Portland Offers a Glimpse.

www.nytimes.com

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DougExeter @dougexeter.bsky.social · 5d

*beastie boys*

well old homer simpson made nuclear POWER
getting paid peanuts by the HOUR
all the employees are taking TURNS
getting abused by mr BURNS

and so he became a union MAN
going on strike for a dental PLAN
didnt want his daughter to make FUNNY FACES
because after all LISA NEEDS BRACES

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Lia Russell @liaoffleash.bsky.social · 6d

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Lia Russell @liaoffleash.bsky.social · 6d

Also a certain outlet with a stupid name after an aquarium shape

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Lia Russell @liaoffleash.bsky.social · 7d

Yea I agree, it felt like the first explicitly political movie that didn’t posit a solution being a return to a 4th Obama term or whatever

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Dave Zirin @edgeofsports.bsky.social · 7d

Excellent article. Best thing I’ve read in NYT in an eon. One quibble: The writer calls the Dodgers “arguably the most popular team in LA.” Not arguably. LA is Dodgertown, which makes this so fucked up “The Dodgers United Los Angeles. Then the ICE Raids Began”. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/01/m...

The Dodgers United Los Angeles. Then the ICE Raids Began.

www.nytimes.com

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Lia Russell @liaoffleash.bsky.social · 7d

My only critique of the movie was that the French 75 had less coherent ideology than a “decolonize” IG infographic meme

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Lia Russell @liaoffleash.bsky.social · 7d

Now! That's what I call being an ally

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Liam Dillon @liamjdillon.com · 7d

So very excited to share that I’ll be writing about housing in Los Angeles and across California for Politico www.politico.com/blogs/politi...

POLITICO Expands California Coverage with New Housing Beat, Welcomes Veteran Reporter Liam Dillon

www.politico.com

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Demian Bulwa @demianbulwa.bsky.social · 8d

NEW:

San Francisco’s first ‘equity’ weed store was an epic failure. City Hall insiders may still pocket millions

By @chris-roberts.bsky.social www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/arti...

San Francisco’s first ‘equity’ weed store was an epic failure. City Hall insiders may still pocket millions

The cannabis shop on storied Haight Street had it all: prime real estate, star power, political clout and social justice. Then things got ugly.

www.sfchronicle.com

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Lia Russell @liaoffleash.bsky.social · 9d

@edzitron.com

Lia Russell @liaoffleash.bsky.social · 9d

🆕Gavin Newsom just signed the US’s first state AI regulations as Silicon Valley is going all in, despite overstated claims about what the tech can do and its environmental impacts
www.sacbee.com/news/politic...

Gov. Gavin Newsom signs AI regulations, bucking Big Tech

After months of lobbying on both sides from Big Tech, safety advocates and Hollywood A-listers, Gov. Gavin Newsom signed off on artificial intelligence regulations that are expected to be a model for ...

www.sacbee.com

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Perry Bacon @perrybaconjr.bsky.social · 10d

This was revealing. Worth reading. The basic demand is that Coates spend less time thinking/writing his true feelings and more time playing political strategist. Klein asks him over and over him to do Dem strategy; he says no, over and over. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/28/o...

Opinion | Ta-Nehisi Coates on Bridging Gaps vs. Drawing Lines

www.nytimes.com

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