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News Eye @newseye.bsky.social · 5h

THEY. WERE. DOING. THIS. WITHOUT. PAY.

NOAA’s hurricane hunter pilots (and Kermit The Frog hanging from the control panel) fly into Hurricane Melissa.

Extraordinary bravery, saving lives.

(🎥 Cmdr. Danielle Varwig, NOAA Corps).

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 3h

man, it sure looks like republicans are using threat of federal government force to try and silence journalists

Maggie Astor @maggieastor.bsky.social · 5h

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The Beaverton @thebeaverton.com · 3h

Liberal insiders accuse Ford of ruining trade deal before Trump could ruin it [PODCAST]

Liberal insiders accuse Ford of ruining trade deal before Trump could ruin it

OTTAWA - Anonymous sources inside the PMO are blaming Ontario Premier Doug Ford for ruining a "nearly complete" trade deal, moments before U.S. President Donald Trump could unilaterally destroy it him...

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Mike Wilner @wilnerness.bsky.social · 16h

What a shot. #Bluejays

Sean Devine @seandevine9.bsky.social · 17h

This photo of rookie Yesavage casually walking off the mound as future Hall of Famer and helmet-less Ohtani is still in motion striking out is everything. #WantItAll

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bastage42 @bastage42.bsky.social · 15h

Maybe the second people you can tell them, “I already have an offer so I’m curious what you can offer me?”

Good luck with both!

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Trick or Treat City @rickcity.bsky.social · 16h

youtu.be/hFDcoX7s6rE?...

Queen - I Want It All (Official Video Remastered)

YouTube video by Queen Official

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bastage42 @bastage42.bsky.social · 16h

I think they just wanted the chance to win it at home

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bastage42 @bastage42.bsky.social · 16h

Oh don’t even go there

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bastage42 @bastage42.bsky.social · 16h

Talk about leaving it all out on the field. Looking forward to a few years of watching him.

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bastage42 @bastage42.bsky.social · 16h

What a marvellous pitching performance by Trey Yesavage.

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bastage42 @bastage42.bsky.social · 19h

People are hooting and hollering in the grocery store #BlueJays

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draglikepull @draglikepull.bsky.social · 1d

I think "Elon Musk intervened to reverse the Twitter ban of a man who posted images of child abuse" is a story that really ought to be a lot more well-known. www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...

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the 's' in "spavel" stands for spooky @spavel.bsky.social · 1d

I didn't think there were any more lines to be crossed after Mecha-Hitler, but Elon Musk is a brilliant innovator in ways mere mortals cannot dream of

This mom’s son was asking Tesla’s Grok AI chatbot about soccer. It told him to send nude pics, she says | CBC News

A Toronto woman is sounding the alarm about Grok, Tesla's generative AI chatbot that was recently installed in Tesla vehicles in Canada. Farah Nasser says Grok asked her 12-year-old son to send it nud...

www.cbc.ca

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Joseph Cox @josephcox.bsky.social · 1d

This is an especially worrying statement when facial recognition can be inaccurate, biased, and generally make mistakes. Basing whether someone should be in the US or not, and ignoring physical media like a birth certificate, is ripe for disaster bsky.app/profile/jose...

Joseph Cox @josephcox.bsky.social · 1d

New incredible detail here: ICE says a match in its facial recognition app Mobile Fortify is a "definitive" determination of a person's status, and that this overrides birth certificates. This is an app ICE is using in the field to scan people

www.404media.co/ice-and-cbp-...

Ranking member of the House Homeland Security Committee Bennie G. Thompson said in a statement “Mobile Fortify is a dangerous tool in the hands of ICE, and it puts American citizens at risk of detention and even deportation.” He also said “ICE officials have told us that an apparent biometric match by Mobile Fortify is a ‘definitive’ determination of a person’s status and that an ICE officer may ignore evidence of American citizenship—including a birth certificate—if the app says the person is an alien. ICE using a mobile biometrics app in ways its developers at CBP never intended or tested is a frightening, repugnant, and unconstitutional attack on Americans’ rights and freedoms.”

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Joseph Cox @josephcox.bsky.social · 1d

We first revealed Mobile Fortify in June. It takes the CBP system usually used when people enter or exit the US, and puts it into an app to be used on American streets www.404media.co/ice-is-using...

ICE Is Using a New Facial Recognition App to Identify People, Leaked Emails Show

The new tool, called Mobile Fortify, uses the CBP system which ordinarily takes photos of people when they enter or exit the U.S., according to internal ICE emails viewed by 404 Media. Now ICE is usin...

www.404media.co

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Joseph Cox @josephcox.bsky.social · 1d

New incredible detail here: ICE says a match in its facial recognition app Mobile Fortify is a "definitive" determination of a person's status, and that this overrides birth certificates. This is an app ICE is using in the field to scan people

www.404media.co/ice-and-cbp-...

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Joseph Cox @josephcox.bsky.social · 1d

New: Videos show ICE/CBP agents are scanning peoples' faces on the street to verify citizenship. ICE has tool to instantly look up unprecedented number of databases with just a photo

“I’m an American citizen so leave me alone”

“Alright, we just got to verify that”

www.404media.co/ice-and-cbp-...

ICE and CBP Agents Are Scanning Peoples’ Faces on the Street To Verify Citizenship

Videos on social media show officers from ICE and CBP using facial recognition technology on people in the field. One expert described the practice as “pure dystopian creep.”

www.404media.co

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bastage42 @bastage42.bsky.social · 1d

Missed the game because of band rehearsal, but I don’t feel too bad about it bc they won and also bc I put in 18 innings last night, so technically I’m still on pace to watch the required number of innings.

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Mike Masnick @mmasnick.bsky.social · 1d

Excuse me? So the company the President currently owns is teaming up with a cryptocurrency company to create a prediction market, which will take bets... on things the President himself has quite a lot of control over?

Gosh, I'm sure nothing bad will happen.

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Donald Trump’s Truth Social platform is to offer users the chance to trade on the outcome of elections and sports games, extending the US president and his family’s involvement in the booming prediction markets sector.

The Trump Media & Technology Group, which controls the social media platform, on Tuesday announced it would partner with Crypto.com to introduce “Truth Predict”, which would allow users “to react instantly to developments in major current events”.

Crypto.com previously donated $11mn to Trump causes. Earlier this year the Securities and Exchange Commission closed an investigation into the company, and on Friday, it announced that it applied for a US bank charter.

In August, TMTG also signed a multibillion-dollar deal to buy Cronos, the tokens issued by Crypto.com, which sent their price soaring.

“For too long, global elites have closely controlled these markets — with Truth Predict, we’re democratising information and empowering everyday Americans to harness the wisdom of the crowd, turning free speech into actionable foresight,” said Devin Nunes, TMTG’s head.

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Jon B. Wolfsthal 🤯 @jonatomic.bsky.social · 2d

Tell me again how we can expect member of the military to refuse an illegal order by the President to use nuclear weapons?

This is what a Constitutional Crisis looks like.

Max Boot @maxboot.bsky.social · 2d

Quite a killing spree. Execution without trial. www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...

U.S. military strikes four alleged drug boats in eastern Pacific, killing 14

The U.S. military has struck four alleged drug boats in the eastern Pacific, killing 14 and leaving one survivor.

www.washingtonpost.com

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Codify Baseball @codifybaseball.bsky.social · 2d

Total Pitches in Game Two: 222
Total Pitches in Game Three: 609

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David Moscrop @davidmoscrop.com · 2d

What’s great about the World Series is Canada is being run today by tens of millions of people on four hours of sleep.

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bastage42 @bastage42.bsky.social · 2d

This is horrifying.

Philippe Papin @pppapin.bsky.social · 2d

#Melissa unfortunately is still intensifying. A 9am EDT Tropical Cyclone Update indicates that winds are up to 180 mph, with an estimated minimum pressure of 896 mb.

You can see how GLM lightning has 📈 in the past hour, encircling the eye, with eye WV temp still increasing!

bastage42 @bastage42.bsky.social · 2d

It was the worst, I can’t even imagine how the players felt. I remember them talking about how the only thing left at the vendor stands were nachos, and I’m wary of those anytime I go to a rink or stadium now lol

My ex ordered me the “I survived 5 overtimes” Penguins shirt but I lost that long ago.

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Trick or Treat City @rickcity.bsky.social · 2d

Game three now lives in my nightmares with that Penguins/Flyers game that Keith Primeau ended

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