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alison says reinstate Link! @alisonborealis.bsky.social · 7h

I feel like all these zoo animal enrichment pumpkin videos and photos are also human enrichment tools on social media.

c0nc0rdance @c0nc0rdance.bsky.social · Oct 30

Even this Pallas cat gets in on the discovery and exploration process.

Photos from Calgary Zoo.

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Mara Wilson @marawilson.bsky.social · 7h

A similar thing happened to me about 25 years ago, when I was a preteen. It was a nightmare.

Now, thanks to AI, so many young girls all over the world will have to live that same nightmare.

รℓσαɳε ℓყรɓεƭɦ 🏳️‍🌈 @sloanelysbeth.bsky.social · Aug 11

it's 30 years later and this still happens.

Jenna Ortega revealed in an interview with The New York Times that she quit Twitter after seeing explicit images of herself generated by Al when she was a teenager. She also became inundated with messages from fans that ranged from "disgusting" to "absurd."
"I hate AI," Ortega said. "I mean, here's the thing: AI could be used for incredible things. I think I saw something the other day where they were saying that artificial intelligence was able to detect breast cancer four years before it progressed. That's beautiful. Let's keep it to that. Did I like being 14 and making a Twitter account because I was supposed to and seeing dirty edited content of me as a child? No. It's terrifying. It's corrupt. It's wrong."

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piper @roodypatooti.bsky.social · Aug 21

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Yonah Freemark @yonahfreemark.com · 11h

Trump announced today, seemingly at random, that he is cancelling fed funding for Gateway Tunnel, a tunnel for intercity & commuter trains under the Hudson River.

The motivation for the cancellation—which is likely to be contested—appears to be purely the president’s hatred of Sen Schumer.

Mark Abraham @markabraham.bsky.social · 11h

"If this system of transportation collapses, the Northeastern economy and the economy of the country collapses." The most important economic development project in the entire nation threatened with cancellation: www.nytimes.com/2025/10/15/n...

Trump Says $16 Billion Hudson River Tunnel Project Is ‘Terminated’

www.nytimes.com

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Dr. Jessie Christiansen @aussiastronomer.bsky.social · 17h

This is now more than double the NASA budget, which the White House wants to slash.

More Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 20h

BREAKING: The Trump administration is doubling its Argentina bailout to $40 billion.

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Lynda Lopez @lyndab08.bsky.social · 14h

"The boy, who is Hispanic and African American, was held in a garage for five hours “without informing his family, stating any charges, or allowing him to call an attorney,” the statement said. He is a U.S. citizen, as is his entire immediate family, the release said."

Feds ram SUV after chase down residential street in Chicago, then tear-gas crowd

The crash happened late Tuesday morning near 105th Street and Avenue N in the East Side neighborhood. Two men being pursued were arrested as were two bystanders. The crash drew dozens of neighbors who...

chicago.suntimes.com

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Bobby Kogan @bbkogan.bsky.social · 19h

So just how bad is this? I got a text from an appropriator friend saying "The Republic has fallen. Pack it in."

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Bobby Kogan @bbkogan.bsky.social · 19h

But here's the problem: if you tried to transfer that money into the military personnel accounts (milpers), it would immediately transform into money whose period of availability ended on September 30, 2025 - and thus not be usable anymore, despite the money existing.

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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 17h

This entire thread explains why Trump's money laundering to pay the troops is a crime.

Here's the key bit.

Bobby Kogan @bbkogan.bsky.social · 19h

But here's the problem: if you tried to transfer that money into the military personnel accounts (milpers), it would immediately transform into money whose period of availability ended on September 30, 2025 - and thus not be usable anymore, despite the money existing.

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Kara Swisher @karaswisher.bsky.social · 1d

I thought they said it was wrong for an administration to ask a social media platform to take stuff down.

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Jim'll Paint It @sirpaintalot.bsky.social · 1d

Just when I think I've read the worst sentence I'll ever read every day it gets worse

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WuTangIsForTheChildren @wutangforchildren.bsky.social · 18h

The hoods are all the way off over on the hellsite

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Brendel @brendelbored.bsky.social · 15h

Welcome to Bluesky: Weird Al is on here but you sometimes don’t immediately get told that. That’s most of the important information.

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Governor Tim Walz @governorwalz.mn.gov · 16h

Insurance rates up $2000.

Food benefits cut off.

Farmers unable to sell their crops.

Skyrocketing national debt.

$40 billion to Argentina.

America First!

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Phillip M Jackson @jollyjack.bsky.social · 15h

Werewolf Wednesday.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 10h

“Kids”

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Josh Chafetz @joshchafetz.bsky.social · 22h

Unsurprisingly fantastic, nuanced piece by Dave Pozen and Jed Britton-Purdy. Read it! www.bostonreview.net/articles/wha...

What Are We Living Through? - Boston Review

Three competing narratives of the second Trump administration.

www.bostonreview.net

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Liam @jazzyfuture.bsky.social · 12h

This is why I think it's important to remember Twitter's stat of 75% bot activity compared to notoriously botted sites like Facebook being 2%

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Jacqueline Antonovich @jackiantonovich.bsky.social · 16h

As a historian, I can certify that we are in the bad times. But bad times eventually end.
In the meantime:
• Figure out a small way to help someone
• Figure out a small way to fight back
• Figure out a small place to find joy
• Figure out a small way to grow and thrive

And do it often.

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neuroid99.bsky.social @neuroid99.bsky.social · 14h

3. They're always doing it "ironically" to "troll the libs".
4. It's always the "youthful indiscretion" of fully-grown adults.
5. It's always contained to the specific group of named individuals, and never reflects on anyone associated with them or their movement.

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DT @d1puck1t.bsky.social · 9h

Destroyer. Both are cool, but Destroyer needs more love. Him and Blazing Skull.

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Buddha Ferret @buddhaferret.bsky.social · 17h

I was once very religious and very conservative. Nothing but hating Hitler ever occurred to me.

My Grandpa's brother was a Navy Gunner's Mate, his first ship was a Liberty Ship that got sunk from under him by a German U-Boat. He barely survived the cold Arctic waters.
Did people forget this stuff??

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Micah @rincewind.run · 17h

like I just don't think "they were always like this" is a particularly useful framing for this stuff because the GOP of Trump is meaningfully different than the GOP of Romney even if both are awful and we need to actually deal with the real world consequences of what they're becoming

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Micah @rincewind.run · 17h

I think two things are true:

1. young republicans were always terrible and racist

2. young republicans become openly hitler-loving groypers is in fact a new and alarming development that is worth paying attention to

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Natalia Jagielska @nataliajagielska.bsky.social · 10h

Check out this animated short, it features a 🥁feathered dinosaur🥁

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