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Liz Renzetti @lizrenzetti.bsky.social · 11h

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Liz Renzetti @lizrenzetti.bsky.social · 12h

Why do I feel like they're going to be breaking way more stories now.
Lotsa meetings in dark parking garages

The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 1d

The nation’s military and defense journalists exited the Pentagon in unison Wednesday, having had their accreditation revoked after refusing to agree to the Defense Department’s new restrictions on their newsgathering activities.

Reporters leave Pentagon en masse after refusing to sign on to new rules

After turning in their press credentials, journalists covering the Defense Department walked out rather than comply with its restrictive new policies.

www.washingtonpost.com

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Liz Renzetti @lizrenzetti.bsky.social · 15h

one of my favourite scenes ever!

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Liz Renzetti @lizrenzetti.bsky.social · 16h

I want to go back to papyrus

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Liz Renzetti @lizrenzetti.bsky.social · 16h

Hey Copilot, write me an award-winning novel.

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Liz Renzetti @lizrenzetti.bsky.social · 16h

I barely want to talk to other people, let alone my laptop.

Time to find an alternative to Windows!

Tom Warren @tomwarren.co.uk · 17h

This is the future of Windows. Microsoft wants to rewrite Windows to turn computers into AI PCs that you talk to. It's now bringing AI features to all Windows 11 PCs today, in a bid to convince you to talk to your PC and let AI control it. Full details 👇 www.theverge.com/news/799768/...

Microsoft wants you to talk to your PC and let AI control it

Copilot Voice and Vision are now rolling out.

www.theverge.com

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Chuck Wendig @chuckwendig.bsky.social · 17h

I'd say "let's burn it all down" but putting AI in everything will kind of burn it down for us, soooooo

Tom Warren @tomwarren.co.uk · 17h

This is the future of Windows. Microsoft wants to rewrite Windows to turn computers into AI PCs that you talk to. It's now bringing AI features to all Windows 11 PCs today, in a bid to convince you to talk to your PC and let AI control it. Full details 👇 www.theverge.com/news/799768/...

Microsoft wants you to talk to your PC and let AI control it

Copilot Voice and Vision are now rolling out.

www.theverge.com

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Liz Renzetti @lizrenzetti.bsky.social · 1d

Primo Toronto memory

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Liz Renzetti @lizrenzetti.bsky.social · 1d

Beautiful!

Liz Renzetti @lizrenzetti.bsky.social · 1d

I love listening to baseball on the radio -- brings me back to my childhood, sitting in the back seat with the game on the radio. Brought to you by your local family owned Krown Rust dealer!

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Liz Renzetti @lizrenzetti.bsky.social · 1d

Alejandro!

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Liz Renzetti @lizrenzetti.bsky.social · 1d

On top of the physical abuse, they repeatedly called her "whore" and wrote "whore Greta" on her suitcase

Christine Binzel @christinebinzel.bsky.social · 1d

Horrific testimony by Greta Thunberg

www.aftonbladet.se/nyheter/a/25...

Greta Thunberg: “They kicked me every time the flag touched my face”

– Greta Thunberg on her days in Israeli captivity Beating, kicking, and threats of being gassed in cages. Greta Thunberg and several others from the flotilla ar

www.aftonbladet.se

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Liz Renzetti @lizrenzetti.bsky.social · 1d

“There’s an absence of any real horizon for Palestinians. The ceasefire may stop the bombs, but it doesn’t offer a path to freedom, dignity, or statehood. It reorganizes mechanics of control - who rebuilds, who monitors borders, who manages trade - without addressing the root issue of occupation.”

Doug Saunders @dougsaunders.bsky.social · 1d

I guessed, watching the ceasefire celebrations, that the very best person make sense of it all is Mohammad Darawshe, an Israeli whose family have been devastated by both Hamas and Netanyahu and knows both IS and PAL political realities fluently. I was so right
www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...

Opinion: For those caught in the middle, the path to Middle East peace is a long one

There is still optimism to be found even if Israel won’t negotiate in good faith, Palestinians can’t find a legitimate authority, and distrust is deepening

www.theglobeandmail.com

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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 2d

I just checked and this is real. It's on Border Patrol's official Instagram (I don't see it on Facebook) and is being celebrated by Nazis on Twitter, as you can see in the screenshot.

The clip is just 13 seconds long too, so it's a very intentional thing. We've got a Nazi government.

Twitter account: Uncensored @HmanQuotes1945: Official border patrol Facebook page is posting with the banned lyrics of Michael Jackson's song.
"Jew me sue me... Kick me k*ke me."
Epic

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Doug Saunders @dougsaunders.bsky.social · 1d

Good lord, this is beyond the worst thing I could have imagined. If you'd told me "Trump will seek to have refugee eligibility explicitly limited to AfD voters, white South African farmers and organized racists -- " even I would have thought it hyperbole.

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/15/u...

Trump Considers Overhaul of Refugee System That Would Favor White People

www.nytimes.com

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Justin Ling @justinling.ca · 1d

Friendly reminder that Tidal ($10.99) is now cheaper than Spotify ($11.99), delivers better audio quality, pays its artists 2x as much, and generally doesn't allow AI slop.

You can move your entire music library over in a matter of minutes.

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Liz Renzetti @lizrenzetti.bsky.social · 1d

Amphibian Assault Team next

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Liz Renzetti @lizrenzetti.bsky.social · 1d

Seriously, though, they cannot stand the mockery.
Mockery deflates power

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Liz Renzetti @lizrenzetti.bsky.social · 1d

They arrested the giraffe for sticking his neck out

The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 1d

PORTLAND — Robby Roadsteamer grabbed by ICE for singing… 🎵

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Kat Tenbarge @kattenbarge.bsky.social · 1d

You’ll notice that new developments in generative AI are always accompanied by new ways of depicting women without their consent—undermining their autonomy and harassing them—almost like it’s a pillar of the technology and its evolution

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Liz Renzetti @lizrenzetti.bsky.social · 2d

"AI-generated pornography has quickly become one of the biggest and most troubling applications of the type of generative AI technology OpenAI has pioneered. So-called deepfake porn ... has become a common tool of harassment against women and girls."

Kate Knibbs @knibbs.bsky.social · 2d

Thinkin about how much pushback I got for reporting this last year ! www.wired.com/story/openai...

OpenAI Is ‘Exploring’ How to Responsibly Generate AI Porn

OpenAI released draft guidelines for how it wants the AI technology inside ChatGPT to behave—and revealed that it’s exploring how to ‘responsibly’ generate explicit content.

www.wired.com

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Mark MacKinnon @markmackinnon.bsky.social · 2d

Donald Trump calling his ceasefire deal “Peace in the Middle East” doesn’t make it so - no matter how many world leaders (none of them the belligerent parties) gather to applaud..

What he’s done is restore something like the pre-Oct. 7, 2023 status quo, which was a long way from peace.

My take

At leaders’ summit in Egypt, Trump unveils fuzzy commitment to ‘peace in the Middle East’

Trump managed to hammer out a ceasefire deal between Hamas and Israel. But what comes next is unclear

www.theglobeandmail.com

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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 2d

BREAKING: ALEX JONES.

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The Rundown | TVO Today @tvotoday.bsky.social · 2d

What's behind Trump's Tylenol attacks? Dr. Najla Tabbara & Dr. Rebecca Titman (@sinaihealth.bsky.social) tell Nam why doctors recommend Tylenol during pregnancy, and when it should be used, on (MIS)Treated www.youtube.com/watch?v=XkXS... | Producers @namshine.bsky.social & @matthewomara.bsky.social

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Liz Renzetti @lizrenzetti.bsky.social · 3d

I still remember my childhood phone number!

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