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Ian Boudreau @ianboudreau.com · 1h

One reason I think it's safe to call bullshit on the billionaire threat to quit New York if Mamdani wins is that they are spending WAY more to try to beat him than he plans to tax them if he wins

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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 4h

YES YOU SHOULD VOTE IN LOCAL ELECTIONS TOMORROW EVEN IF MAMDANI IS NOT ON THE BALLOT WHERE YOU LIVE

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Carl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · 18h

When the suspects appear to be white guys, it’s not a bombing — it’s an intentional explosion.

Explosion at Harvard Medical School
NBC News
'Intentional' explosion at Harvard medical campus under investigation
1 day ago
The New York Times
'Intentional' Explosion Took Place at Harvard Medical School, Officials Say
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ABC News
Explosion at Harvard Medical School appears to have been intentional, authorities say. No on...
1 day ago
The Guardian
No one hurt after 'intentional' explosion at Harvard medical campus, officials say
17 hours ago

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Amanda Marcotte @amandamarcotte.bsky.social · 11h

The Democratic establishment's ugly reaction to Zohran Mamdani reveals an unpleasant truth.

They would rather lose elections than change.

The addiction to rich donors and consultants is killing the party. But Mamdani shows a path out. An analysis.

www.salon.com/2025/11/03/z...

Zohran Mamdani knows how to win

Not just in New York — Mamdani's campaign shows how to inspire voters nationwide

www.salon.com

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Xander Lenc @xlenc.bsky.social · 1d

NYC is going to have the world's biggest media-manufactured crime panic in history the second Mamdani is elected. They aren't even going to wait until he is inaugurated. Whether or not you like the guy, you need to start preparing now for the fire hose of disinformation that is about to activate.

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Eric Topol @erictopol.bsky.social · 1d

This week's @nature.com cover highlights a report of A.I.- mediated distortion
When #ChatGPT was asked to rate 40,000 résumés, it ranked the older male candidates as better quality than the younger female applicants nature.com/articles/s41...

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Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 2d

Again, this precise use case is why these systems exist-to proliferate people’s racist (transphobic, misogynistic…) imaginary at scale. This should not be seen as a “misuse” but rather the product being used exactly as intended.

Racist Influencers Using OpenAI's Sora to Make it Look Like Poor People Are Selling Food Stamps for Cash

Folks looking for evidence of SNAP recipients as welfare queens have no shortage of AI generated schlock to use as justification.

futurism.com

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regular meghan 나영지 🇵🇸 @ruemcclammyhand.bsky.social · 4d

will kim is still in ICE detention

regular meghan 나영지 🇵🇸 @ruemcclammyhand.bsky.social · Sep 4

will taeheung kim, a korean american scientist and doctoral candidate with a green card, is still being detained by ICE. he's been in detention since July 21, first at SFO for over a week and then in various ICE facilities all over the country.

Instagram post from Stop AAPI HAte; horrific new details emerge about CBP's unlawful detainment of u.s. permanent resident returning from south korea. reports detail how CBP trapped tae heung "will" kim under inhumane conditions for over eight days at an airport. officers moved kim several times to "confuse and disorient him" kept the lights on at all times, gave him minimal food and no bed--forcing hi to sleep on a row of chairs.

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Erik Toraason @etoraason.bsky.social · 2d

I got into horror movies in my 20s, so in October I do "Halloween homework" and catch up on classics. 8 films later, my recs from this year's batch (in order based purely on enjoyment) are: Saw, Possum, Possession, Misery, Nightmare on Elm St, Evil Dead 2, Suspiria (1977), and Halloween!

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David Meyer @superglaze.bsky.social · 2d

And this, kids, is why decent data protection laws are this year’s must-have accessory

Jenn Burrill @jennburrill.bsky.social · 3d

DHS document states ICE will NOT let people decline from being scanned by its new facial recognition app - Mobile Fortify.

It is used to verify one’s identity and immigration status. However, the face photos taken will be stored for 15 years, regardless of your immigration status.

You Can't Refuse To Be Scanned by ICE's Facial Recognition App, DHS Document Says

Photos captured by Mobile Fortify will be stored for 15 years, regardless of immigration or citizenship status, the document says.

www.404media.co

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Patrick Samphire 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 @patricksamphire.bsky.social · 4d

This is it. We know exactly how to fix the climate crisis. We have all the technology and we know what actions we need to take. What people are hoping for is a technology that will fix everything without us having to change anything at all, and that's a fantasy. We have to do the work.

Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 5d

The most insanely frustrating thing about the #ClimateCrisis is how the breakthrough we so clearly need isn’t technological. It’s just a collective willingness, a determination even, to change in ways that would clearly be SO MUCH BETTER than the clear and obvious consequences of NOT changing.

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Louisa @louisathelast.bsky.social · 3d

This is why I get pissed off when I see people dismissing the importance of the ACA. This is how things were before it. You either had coverage through work, or you paid literal thousands a month

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Louisa @louisathelast.bsky.social · 3d

Well, an acquaintance who relies on the ACA marketplace for insurance just received a notice explaining that their fee for coverage will be rising. Right now they pay $180 a month. The new price?

$2733.15 a month.

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Michael Edison Hayden @michaelehayden.bsky.social · 3d

Ben Shapiro’s career is proof that you can say almost anything you want about Arabs and Muslims and never face even a hint of consequences for it.

Jon Passantino @passantino.bsky.social · 3d

Congrats to Ben Shapiro on his new CNN gig! variety.com/2025/tv/news...

CNN Election Night Surprise: Streaming-Only Live-Cast With Harry Enten, Charlamagne tha God, Ben Shapiro

CNN's Election Night coverage will include a streaming-only live cast led by Harry Enten and featuring guests like Charlamagne tha God and Ben Shapiro

variety.com

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elias isquith @eliasisquith.blog · 3d

this is blood libel gutter racism of the kind that you only encounter if you or your staff are spending a lot of time in online spaces that are avowedly white supremacist

Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 3d

Speaking at the Univ of Mississippi in Oxford, Vice President JD Vance claimed that when settlers arrived in the New World, they “found widespread child sacrifice,” adding that “Christian civilization ended the practice.”

JD Vance talks Israel, abortion, AI and immigration at Ole Miss Turning Point rally

Thousands packed Ole Miss’ pavilion as Vice President JD Vance took unscripted questions on faith, policy and Trump-era politics.

www.clarionledger.com

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Wei Wen @wwenneuro.bsky.social · 3d

After 13 years in the US, I’ve made the difficult decision to leave. Having packed up everything and rethought about priorities, rather painstakingly, while I’m sad to leave the life I’ve made here, I’m also relieved that I won’t have to plan my life around immigration policies anymore.

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Soumya Rangarajan, MD, MPP @soumya-goblue.medsky.social · 3d

#Cancer treatment being banned by #ExecutiveOrder. Sane country we have here.
And #breastcancer in men is usually far more deadly

Gillian Branstetter @gbbranstetter.bsky.social · 5d

Citing a Trump executive order banning "gender ideology," the VA is withholding coverage and treatment for male veterans with breast cancer, an increasing condition among veterans exposed to toxic chemicals during service. 100 male veterans a year are diagnosed with breast cancer.

Citing Trump Order on “Biological Truth,” VA Makes It Harder for Male Veterans With Breast Cancer to Get Coverage

A Department of Veterans Affairs memo obtained by ProPublica erects new roadblocks to care for veterans with the rare but deadly cancer. The agency cites no new science but relies on an executive orde...

www.propublica.org

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Veena Dubal @veenadubal.bsky.social · 3d

“To leave our students to their own devices — which is to say, to the devices of A.I. companies — is to deprive them of indispensable opportunities to develop their linguistic mastery, and with it their most elementary powers of thought.”

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/29/o...

Opinion | Why Even Basic A.I. Use Is So Bad for Students

www.nytimes.com

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Moira Donegan @moiradonegan.bsky.social · 4d

Same coercive model they’re using with abortion.

NPR @npr.org · 4d

The White House plans to bar hospitals that treat transgender children and youth from getting any Medicare and Medicaid payments. The move would affect trans youth who have private insurance, too. n.pr/4qFa1mY

Trump pushes an end to medical care for transgender youth nationally

The White House plans to bar hospitals that treat transgender children and youth from getting any Medicare and Medicaid payments. The move would affect trans youth who have private insurance, too.

n.pr

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Marlon @marlon5000.bsky.social · 5d

In case anyone missed it (part 1/2):

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Adrian Daub @adriandaub.bsky.social · 5d

I respectfully* submit: If you manage to become a “disaffected democrat” based on a thing that happens 10 times on half a million student-athletes, you weren’t much of a democrat to begin with.

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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 4d

We are beyond Kubrickian satire and it’s literally going to get us all killed

Herb Scribner @herbscribner.bsky.social · 4d

☢️ President Trump says in Truth Social post tonight that U.S. will resume testing nuclear weapons again.

— The US hasn’t tested nuclear weapons in three decades. This is a major shift in policy.

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Jenna Norton @jenna-m-norton.bsky.social · 4d

So when I hear people argue that we “put ourselves at risk” and should stop using the words equity or structural racism because “some people” get offended, it’s worth asking who those people are and why their feelings matter more than those of the people directly affected by structural racism.

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Dr Abeba Birhane @abeba.bsky.social · 5d

the amount of academic research now using llms in research (synthetic data generation, to classify, annotate, or analyse large scale data, etc) is astounding. remember, just cus use of llms in research is becoming normalised does NOT erase the fact it degrades the research & undermine your results

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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 5d

I have been charged in a federal indictment sought by the Department of Justice.

This political prosecution is an attack on all of our First Amendment rights. I’m not backing down, and we’re going to win.

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