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Dave Byrnes @djbyrnes1.bsky.social · 1h

He also calls the Broadview facility a "detention center," which is the first time I've heard someone representing the federal govt openly call it that.

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johnmark @johnmark.org · 1h

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 · 2h

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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Jason Scott @textfiles.com · 22m

Bid is currently at $500.

Jason Scott @textfiles.com · 1d

Okay, it's time. I have a prized Cult of the dead cow Zippo lighter. These simply do not exist anywhere. But a CDC member is hurting and I want to encourage donations to the GoFundMe, so out it goes. Details in thread.

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The Ghost of Nihl L'Amas @nih-llamas.bsky.social · 1h

This is strikingly similar to that meme about cats being unaware of their dependence on a system.

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Daniel S. Goldberg @profgoldberg.bsky.social · 1h

Wow.

h/t @samanthabrennan.bsky.social

This looks really incredible.

www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

This article examines the paradox of the humanities: they are simultaneously denigrated while non-humanities disciplines utilize (and champion) the very skills that are considered uniquely cultivated by a humanities education. My examination reveals that with the fissure between the humanities and other disciplines, knowledge about what the humanities do—and thus contribute to education in other fields—continues to diminish, furthering the cycle of marginalizing the humanities while also benefitting from them without attribution. I consider a time when a humanities education explicitly played a crucial role in the development of leaders, especially in business, because of the role the humanities played in the cultivation of analytical skills and the development of good judgement. I use this examination to consider what this lost connection means not only for the development of leaders but also for realizing the significant role that the humanities play across the professions and in our universities. The pedagogical role of the humanities in its development of analytical ability and judgment is crucial to public life from the flourishing of the business world to the lives we lead living with each other as fellow citizens.

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The Ghost of Nihl L'Amas @nih-llamas.bsky.social · 1h

I joined social media so I wouldn't have to rely on the press for information.

Conrad Hackett @conradhackett.bsky.social · 18h

Has anything great happened in your life because of social media?

The Ghost of Nihl L'Amas @nih-llamas.bsky.social · 1h

Invisible #Man is good 80s fun and regardless I would give it a vote just for the video.

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Kashana @kashana.blacksky.app · 6h

See, people think AI is useless, but without it this dude would have had to imagine burning down an entire neighborhood all by himself

Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 6h

The suspect accused of igniting the fire that destroyed LA's Pacific Palisades neighborhood allegedly used a ChatGPT prompt to show "a burning forest and a crowd fleeing from it," months prior, officials say

Man arrested, faces federal charge in connection with Palisades Fire: DOJ

The fire caused widespread destruction in Los Angeles County and killed a dozen people earlier this year.

abcnews.go.com

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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 2h

Pathetic. bsky.app/profile/step...

Stephen Totilo @stephentotilo.bsky.social · 3h

SCOOP: Last year, Ubisoft cancelled an Assassin's Creed game set during Reconstruction. Was to feature a Black Assassin who, among other things, fought the rise of the Klan

Sources: Leadership nixed it over concerns re: U.S. political climate, backlash to Yasuke

www.gamefile.news/p/scoop-ubis...

Scoop: Ubisoft cancelled a post-Civil War Assassin’s Creed last year

Company leadership deemed the project too controversial for the moment, sources tell Game File

www.gamefile.news

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StrictlyChristo 🦋🇺🇦🌻❌👑 @strictlychristo.bsky.social · 4h

The Oregon National Guard general says if they were to be deployed, they would be instructed under his leadership to protect the protesters and not ICE

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Tamar Hallerman @tamarhallerman.bsky.social · 3h

New: Fulton Judge Scott McAfee is now giving a Georgia state agency an extra month to name a new prosecutor in the Fulton election interference case involving President Trump.

The agency's executive director had asked for more time given the very lengthy case file

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Olivia Messer @oliviamesser.bsky.social · 3h

NEW: We sent @stevanzetti.bsky.social to a Turning Point USA event, where Attorney General Ken Paxton was the keynote speaker — just hours after he announced his “undercover operations to infiltrate and uproot leftist terror cells in Texas.” It went how you expect.

thebarbedwire.com/2025/10/08/k...

Texas Republicans Are Using Charlie Kirk’s ‘Martyrdom’ to Crush Free Speech

Hours after announcing ‘undercover operations’ into leftist groups, Ken Paxton compared Charlie Kirk to Jesus at a Turning Point USA event.

thebarbedwire.com

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The Ghost of Nihl L'Amas @nih-llamas.bsky.social · 3h

theonion.com/dying-lion-s...

Dying Lion Sure Doesn't Feel As Though He's Completing Some Great Cosmic Circle

THE SERENGETI—According to a male lion currently dying on the Serengeti Plain, his agonizing demise certainly doesn’t seem as though it’s part of some transcendent cosmic circle of life, but rather as...

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Zach Halper @zanath.bsky.social · 3h

"We took freedom of speech away" should be in every campaign ad moving forward.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 3h

Trump: "We took the freedom of speech away because that's been through the courts and the courts said you have freedom of speech, but what has happened is when they burn a flag it agitates and irritates crowds."

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Amanda Katz @katzish.bsky.social · 4h

Got a recent Pulitzer for warning on the spread of autocracy around the globe, after decades of service to the paper? You can bet your butt you're getting laid off by form email, on Yom Kippur

Dave Jorgenson @davejorgenson.bsky.social · 10h

The Post laid off seemingly the remaining of their liberal-leaning staff members on Opinion last Thursday, when some of them were observing Yom Kippur.

from @oliverdarcy.bsky.social for Status
status.news/p/washington-post-opinion-cuts-adam-oneal

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The Ghost of Nihl L'Amas @nih-llamas.bsky.social · 3h

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Sarah Fackrell @design-law.bsky.social · 3h

D1,057,821 - issued in January for a design for an "an inflatable axolotl costume." #DesignPatents

kind of like the frog costume, but an axolotl

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Joseph Cox @josephcox.bsky.social · 3h

If you scroll through the videos, tons are just rips from TikTok, Instagram, etc. It's probably stuff you've already seen. Some are even local and national media reports, like NBC News.

www.404media.co/apple-banned...

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Joseph Cox @josephcox.bsky.social · 3h

This is what the app looks like (it's still on Google's Play Store and its website is still up). The app was for cataloguing abuses by ICE so litigants can find them later. It wasn't for reporting the real-time location of ICE. As admin told me, they'd be long gone

www.404media.co/apple-banned...

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Joseph Cox @josephcox.bsky.social · 3h

New: Apple banned an app that simply archived videos of ICE abuses. Rather than other apps that record ICE official's real-time location, Eyes Up is to "preserve evidence until it can be used in court." Videos from TikTok etc. Every submission manually reviewed

www.404media.co/apple-banned...

Apple Banned an App That Simply Archived Videos of ICE Abuses

Eyes Up's purpose is to "preserve evidence until it can be used in court." But it has been swept up in Apple's crackdown on ICE-spotting apps.

www.404media.co

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Spooky Scott Kelley Ernest, BSPH 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ #mtpol @mxscottkernest.bsky.social · 3h

Seattle mayor signs orders to counter federal troop deployment, ICE actions
komonews.com/news/local/s...

Seattle mayor signs orders to counter federal troop deployment, ICE actions

Seattle Mayor Bruce Harrell is set to sign two executive orders Wednesday morning in response to President Trump's federal immigration policies.

komonews.com

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Sarah Fackrell @design-law.bsky.social · 3h

D1,057,821 - issued in January for a design for an "an inflatable axolotl costume." #DesignPatents

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The Ghost of Nihl L'Amas @nih-llamas.bsky.social · 3h

"I could sell that much in 5 seconds."

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 3h

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FinTwitter @fintwitter.bsky.social · 6h

TESLA SELLS 61 CARS IN INDIA IN SEPTEMBER 2025

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Sarah Taber @sarahtaber.bsky.social · 4h

Here's a handy video on how millionaires like Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent are EXACTLY the kind of person the farm bailouts are for.

pls pardon the clickbait thumbnail, it does have real math in it

youtu.be/3kEr0jb6zhU

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