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Patricia Aufderheide
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University Professor, School of Communication, American University; Editor Emerita, In These Times; Author of books about documentary film, Kartemquin Films, the copyright doctrine of fair use and creativity, "political correctness," and more
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redG @redg187.bsky.social · 2d
USA is a macro level Stanford Prison Experiment
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d
Pritzker: "He wants to militarize major cities because he wants us to get used to the idea of troops on the streets. I believe he's gonna post people outside of polling places and if he needs to in order to control those elections, he'll assume control of the ballot boxes & count the votes himself"
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Tim Dickinson @timdickinson.bsky.social · 2d
My Very Dear Ones,

I write to you from near the front lines of war ravaged Portland.
Twee fruit
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Siva @sivav.bsky.social · 4d
This will not end well
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Justin Hendrix @justinhendrix.bsky.social · 4d
"The hundreds of billions of dollars companies are investing in AI now account for an astonishing 40 per cent share of US GDP growth this year... In a way, then, America has become one big bet on AI."
America is now one big bet on AI
It’s seen as the magic fix for every threat to the US economy
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Patricia Aufderheide @paufder.bsky.social · 4d
From Sara Archambault’s newsletter—takeaways from Camden Film Fest’s recent town hall:
Hope is a duty.
Despair is a crime against imagination.
Action is the antidote to despair.
We are all smart together.
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Endless Screaming @infinitescream.bsky.social · 4d
AAAAAAAAAAHHH
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Patricia Aufderheide @paufder.bsky.social · 4d
uh oh
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Bullwark @bullwark.bsky.social · 4d
You can now be banned for "Being disruptive to other users" yeah thats definitely going to be enforced consistently
Part of links suspension email outlining you cant be disruptive to other users
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NE Ohio Regional Sewer District @neorsd.org · 9d
if we weren’t a 24/7 operation we’d say “see you tomorrow” but
man stands at Progressive Field holding a sign that says Winfrastructure.
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Patricia Aufderheide @paufder.bsky.social · 9d
Looking for an undergrad-friendly comic book on personal digital privacy? Here you go: peasec.de/wp-content/u...
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The Onion @theonion.com · 16d
Aging Senator Explains That Young People Should Get Involved In Politics Because She's Fucking Out Of Here
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Alexandra Petri @petridishes.bsky.social · 17d
It’s always a good sign when the people around your president can reasonably be described as “cronies.”
Sure, Let’s Try Bribes!
If taxpayers want to influence policy, maybe this is our only option.
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Andrew Lawrence @ndrew.bsky.social · 17d
i am seriously begging democrats to bring the same smoke to this story that they brought to jimmy kimmel being indefinitely suspended
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Laura Bassett @lebassett.bsky.social · 17d
More than 1800 detainees are missing after the closure of Alligator Alcatraz. Their families and lawyers can’t find them and they’ve vanished from the ICE database. Feels like this should be a much bigger story www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...
Hundreds of Alligator Alcatraz detainees drop off the grid after leaving site
As of the end of August, the whereabouts of two-thirds of more than 1,800 men detained at Alligator Alcatraz during the month of July could not be determined by the Miami Herald.
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Patricia Aufderheide @paufder.bsky.social · 18d
I know this is hopeless but I can’t help myself
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Benjamin Dreyer @bcdreyer.social · 18d
if you're about to use an apostrophe to pluralize a word, don't

#copyediting
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Thomas Neville @goobermunch.bsky.social · 18d
The truth is there are three kinds of people: the disabled, the pre-disabled, and the doomed to die suddenly. Most of us will be disabled at some point.
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Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 18d
You’re much closer to becoming disabled or homeless than you are to becoming rich and wealthy.

It’s not a moral failing. It’s not something you can “try harder” your way out of.

We need robust social supports & safety nets to ensure everyone is properly cared for.
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Ursula K. Le Guin Bot @leguinbot.bsky.social · 18d
He tried to read an elementary economics text; it bored him past endurance, it was like listening to somebody interminably recounting a long and stupid dream.
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Patricia Aufderheide @paufder.bsky.social · 18d
Well, this might actually make me watch Andor. deadline.com/2025/09/ando...
‘Andor’ Writer Dan Gilroy On Disney Suspending Jimmy Kimmel & Hollywood Facing “Venomous Evil”: “This Isn’t A Skirmish. It’s A Siege” – Guest Column
'Andor' Writer Dan Gilroy On Trump's Jimmy Kimmel Pressure Campaign: "Artists Are Censored First Because They Fear Us Most" -- Guest Column
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Patricia Aufderheide @paufder.bsky.social · 24d
Beauty
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NPR @npr.org · 24d
Pythagorean Triple Square Day, as one man affectionately calls 9/16/25, is a day like no other this century.
On 9/16/25, celebrate a date of mathematical beauty
Pythagorean Triple Square Day, as one man affectionately calls 9/16/25, is a day like no other this century.
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The Onion @theonion.com · 25d
Pulitzer Feeling Increasingly Out Of Place In Washington Post Office
Pulitzer Feeling Increasingly Out Of Place In Washington Post Office
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Patricia Aufderheide @paufder.bsky.social · 25d
read the whole thread
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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 26d
Pay attention. Something dark might be coming.

The murder of Charlie Kirk could have united Americans to confront political violence. Instead, Trump and his anti-democratic radicals look to be readying a campaign to destroy dissent.

1/ Here's what's happening.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 27d
Stephen Miller: "The last message that Charlie Kirk gave to me before he joined his creator in heaven was he said that we have to dismantle and take on the radical left organizations in this country that are fomenting violence. That was the last message that he sent me ... we are gonna do that."
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Sharon @sharonk.bsky.social · 26d
korean reporting is nightmarish on the conditions Korean workers were contained in
Their waists and hands were tied together, forcing them to bend down and lick water to drink. The unscreened bathrooms contained only a single sheet to cover their lower bodies. Sunlight barely penetrated through a fist-sized hole, and they were only allowed access to the small yard for two hours. Detained by US immigration authorities for eight days, the workers and their families expressed shock, describing human rights violations and absurdities they could not have imagined as ordinary Koreans living in 2025.
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Just a Pumpkin @pumpkintorch.bsky.social · 28d
I love Tumblr, always have. The culture and humor is like nowhere else on the internet

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Tumblr post from user microsoff, may 22 The sigil was drawn in salt and ash, the candles lit at the pentagram points, the incantation declaimed. There was a shimmer - a demon appeared. "Curious. What ritual is this?" "I got it from ChatGPT. I included all protections in my prompt!" "I see," the demon said and stepped out of the sigil. Continuing the thread, a reply from user canvoid, May 27 "I-- I don't understand! I followed everything it said --" "Your first mistake was entrusting your work to the hallucination machine." It reached down to pinch the mixture, give it a sniff. "Potassium chloride? What ash is this?" "Um." The disciple nudged a bucket with their boot. "Tastes like ... maple. And potatoes. Blech." It wiped its fingertips clean on their robes. It paused, rubbing its tongues against the roof of its mouth. "Damnation, what did you anoint the candles with? Is that ... PAM?" The disciple whimpered. "It wasn't specified." "Pfft. Of course not." It sighed, and extended its tri-fingered hand. "Let me see that incantation." Shakily, the parchment was extended, and snatched with irritation. " 'Bene! Ecce incantatio initiorum ...' What the seven hells is this? You didn't even trim the auto response." "Well, I don't speak Latin..." Part 2 The demon snorted. The parchment sailed over its shoulder to a candle and hovered there, alight, then disappeared in a puff of ash and smoke. "Right. Legally I could take at least a limb for this, but hey, you like your limbs, right? Pretty attached to them, you'd say?" The disciple desperately nodded. "Great. So here's what we're gonna do: you're going to write me an essay --" "What?!" The disciple gasped, paled. "Wait, no, maybe an arm would be okay..." "-- shut up. You're going to hand-write a 2,000 word essay -- listen, no -- and you're going to write it on the perils of sourcing research from generative AI. You are going to source this in MLA format -- yes the fuck you are --" tired of the protestations, the demon's hand loosely threatened the human's throat, and quickly made its point, "and you will do this and turn it in in two weeks' time, with a proper summoning ritual. And -- and this part is very important, mind you -- you are going to tell all your little demon-summoner buddies that if this ever happens again I will simply eat your fucking souls and be done with it. Do you understand me?" The disciple nodded again, with wetter pants. Part 3 "Good. Fine." The demon roughly patted the student on the head and retreated back to the ruined glyph where it stood expectant, hands on what must have been its hips. "Alright. Banish me and call me up properly in two weeks. Don't make me come looking for you." "I -- uh -- well, that is to say, I don't... um." The demon's shoulders dropped. "You don't know how to banish." "I don't know how to banish, no." The demon let loose a series of deep, frustrated grumbles that had some resemblance to speech, enunciated with emphatic gestures, and gave the vague impression of a dinner getting cold. "Get a pen." "What? Oh, I --" "GET A PEN" (In the corruption type font, indicating both irritation and magic)
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Barangurte a CLT das Trevas @barangurte.bsky.social · 29d
The animal symbol of Brazil with the phrase "here we have law"
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The Onion @theonion.com · Sep 9
Trump Claims He Can’t Be Expected To Remember Every Birthday Card He Sends To Child Molesters https://theonion.com/trump-claims-he-cant-be-expected-to-remember-every-birthday-card-he-sends-to-child-molesters/
Trump Claims He Can’t Be Expected To Remember Every Birthday Card He Sends To Child Molesters
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NY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social · Sep 9
What Trump’s perverted birthday card says about Democrats.
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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · Sep 7
Authoritarians thrive on your silence — be loud — for America.
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