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AZ Attorney General Kris Mayes @azagmayes.bsky.social · 1h

Time is up. I gave Speaker Mike Johnson two days to swear in Adelita Grijalva. Arizona's 7th congressional district 813,000 Arizonans are now being taxed without representation. I have lawyers downstairs right now drafting litigation.

youtu.be/9OBdjsGntQI?...

AG Mayes Demands Speaker Johnson Swear In Adelita Grijalva | The Lead with Jake Tapper CNN

YouTube video by Arizona Attorney General's Office

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Brian Merchant @bcmerchant.bsky.social · 2h

CA governor Gavin Newsom vetoed both of the major AI bills on his desk that Silicon Valley meaningfully opposed—one making it illegal for bosses to use AI to fire workers with no oversight, one requiring chatbot sellers to ensure their products do not harm children before marketing to them.

Silicon Valley's capture of our political institutions is all but complete

The tech lobby kills off two key California AI bills, and why it matters. Plus: How Sam Altman played Hollywood with Sora 2, organized mass social media deletions, and more.

www.bloodinthemachine.com

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Dave Jamieson @jamieson.bsky.social · 4h

Wow. Sidney Reid, the DC woman just found not guilty of assaulting an FBI agent, issues a withering and gutsy statement on Trump through her attorneys.

"I feel sorry for the prosecutors really, who must be burdened by Trump's irrational and unfounded hatred for his fellow man."

It's a must-read:

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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 39m

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Dave Jamieson @jamieson.bsky.social · 4h

Wow. Sidney Reid, the DC woman just found not guilty of assaulting an FBI agent, issues a withering and gutsy statement on Trump through her attorneys.

"I feel sorry for the prosecutors really, who must be burdened by Trump's irrational and unfounded hatred for his fellow man."

It's a must-read:

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Jon Seidel @jonseidel.bsky.social · 5h

Federal agent took car from Brighton Park shooting 'back to Maine,' defense attorney tells judge

From @chicago.suntimes.com: chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...

Federal agent took car from Brighton Park shooting 'back to Maine,' defense attorney tells judge

U.S. District Judge Georgia Alexakis told prosecutors, 'I think you need to get the car back.' She ordered it returned to Chicago on a flatbed trailer.

chicago.suntimes.com

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Jon Seidel @jonseidel.bsky.social · 2h

Declaring that “political opposition is not rebellion,” the U.S. appeals court in Chicago refused to undo a lower court's order blocking President Trump from deploying National Guard troops in Illinois.

Deployment is still blocked.

From @chicago.suntimes.com: chicago.suntimes.com/donald-trump...

Chicago federal appeals court upholds block on National Guard deployment

While President Donald Trump insists the troops are needed to protect U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement facilities and personnel, Illinois attorneys allege the deployment is really meant to pun...

chicago.suntimes.com

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conputer dipshit @davidcrespo.bsky.social · 5h

amazing opening
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/16/p...

You sit, according to the polls, on the cusp of a historic political victory. You would be the youngest mayor in a century. You’d be New York City’s first Muslim mayor. You’d be its first democratic socialist mayor.

I wouldn’t actually be the first democratic socialist mayor.

Who would it be?

David Dinkins was a member of D.S.A., he identified also as a democratic socialist.

Thank you for the correction.

Very welcome.

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mattynoshoes.bsky.social @mattynoshoes.bsky.social · 4h

“I really like and am knowledgeable about the city I am trying to become mayor of” is part of Mamdani‘s shtick that has absolutely flummoxed a significant portion of mainstream politicos.

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Preeti Chhibber @runwithskizzers.bsky.social · 4h

my theory that too many people are just letting their brains fall out of their ears instead of spending two seconds to make sure they're doing their job is continuing to hold water

conputer dipshit @davidcrespo.bsky.social · 5h

amazing opening
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/16/p...

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David Burbach 🌹 @dburbach.bsky.social · 4h

Um, wut? Optical illusion?

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Bier Junge @bierjunge.bsky.social · 4h

They just...found it in the archives. 35 years of speculation and it was just...sitting there 😅

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scott b. weingart @scottbot.bsky.social · 4h

There's some delightful metaphor to be found in the fact that the solution came from archival research rather than math, if only someone could decipher it.

Jennifer Ouellette @jenlucpiquant.bsky.social · 4h

A Solution to the CIA’s Kryptos Code Is Found after 35 Years www.scientificamerican.com/article/a-so...

After 35 Years, a Solution to the CIA’s Kryptos Puzzle Has Been Found

After decades of speculation, two writers uncovered the answer to the Kryptos code’s final cipher

www.scientificamerican.com

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Jason Coon @evilgeniuslabs.org · 4h

This is so delightfully and insanely over the top, I love it. It's a desk with a built in honey bee simulator using 74 hexagonal laser cut frames, custom PCBs, 3745 RGB LEDs and a lot of woodworking:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=gZvz...

The Hive: Building a beehive simulation desk

YouTube video by Full Stack Woodworking

www.youtube.com

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darth™️ @darthbluesky.bsky.social · 4h

jd vance and nick fuentes agree-love hitler and be racist but keep it off the internet

Right Wing Watch @rightwingwatch.bsky.social · 1d

Nick Fuentes says the leaked Young Republican chats prove that "everyone's a groyper now," but they have to do a better job of hiding their real views: "These guys were doing a great thing ... The mistake that they made is that they were sloppy." www.peoplefor.org/rightwingwat...

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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 5h

This is grossly dark. These are broken people.

But it's also so politically dumb.

How do they think Americans will react to being told that anyone who doesn't support Trump is a terrorist?

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 8h

Leavitt: "The Democrat Party's main constituency is made up of Hamas terrorists, illegal aliens, and violent criminals."

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Jane Mayer @janemayer.bsky.social · 4h

Looks like Hegseth’s attempt to suppress the bad news isn’t working: Head of the U.S. Military’s Southern Command Is Stepping Down, Officials Say www.nytimes.com/2025/10/16/u...

Head of the U.S. Military’s Southern Command Is Stepping Down, Officials Say

www.nytimes.com

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Garrett M. Graff @vermontgmg.bsky.social · 9h

This is a huge scandal, one of the worst in modern law enforcement and something that is astoundingly unconstitutional and illegal.

Eric Umansky @ericumansky.bsky.social · 9h

BREAKING from PP

We found immigration agents have held more than 170 *citizens*

The govt doesn't track citizens held. So we did. We tallied:

Nearly 20 kids, two w/ cancer

More than 20 citizens held for day or more, incommunicado

www.propublica.org/article/immi...

by @nicolefoy.bsky.social

More Than 170 U.S. Citizens Have Been Held by Immigration Agents. They’ve Been Kicked, Dragged and Detained for Days.

The government does not track how often immigration agents grab citizens. So ProPublica did. Our tally — almost certainly incomplete — includes people who were held for days without a lawyer. And near...

www.propublica.org

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Dr Luke Steubenstein 👹 @lukesteuber.com · 1d

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Robin Williams' daughter, Zelda Williams, also recently slammed people who are making Al-generated videos of her late father, calling the clips "gross." She added, "To watch the legacies of real people be condensed down to 'this vaguely looks and sounds like them so that's enough, just so other people can churn out horrible TikTok slop pup-peteering them is maddening. You're not making art, you're making disgusting, over-processed hotdogs out of the lives of human beings, out of the history of art and music, and then shoving them down someone else's throat hoping they'll give you a little thumbs up and like it."

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darth™️ @darthbluesky.bsky.social · 4h

the problem is the people making the tools for this have zero sense of shame or empathy

Dr Luke Steubenstein 👹 @lukesteuber.com · 1d

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 5h

Who’s eating the tariffs? You, mostly.

@cnbc.com
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The Intercept @theintercept.com · 4h

Videos of U.S. attacks in the Caribbean suggest boats have been obliterated in a single strike. The reality is a lot messier.

The Pentagon Is Learning It’s Not So Easy to Sink a Boat

Videos of U.S. attacks in the Caribbean suggest boats have been obliterated in a single strike. The reality is a lot messier.

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The Daily Show @thedailyshow.com · 5h

When the Nazi group chat ruins your talking points

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Haxolotl 🌻 @haxo1ot1.bsky.social · 4h

I'm a former art major, turned cyber security grad. A while ago I applied for a cybersecurity role at one of my favorite animation studios. Now, one of the cybersecurity teams that I would love to join has a job posting for an animator.

a man with glasses says we ll cross the streams

Alt: Scene from Ghostbusters with the caption "we'll cross the streams"

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Mel Buer @melbuer.bsky.social · 5h

A masked agent waves and blows kisses to the assembled crowd as they leave the MDC in Los Angeles, 10/16/25. Photo mine

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Mel Buer @melbuer.bsky.social · 5h

Federal protective service vehicles coming in and out of the parking lot. Crowd here is pretty fucking angry that Leo, an organizer and US citizen, was taken this morning.

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