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Don Zeko @donzeko.bsky.social · 5m

No Kings is a good slogan but if we're being pedantic then it seems important that Trump is claiming much more expansive powers than any English king ever had.

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Imani Gandy Corn 🎃 @angryblacklady.blacksky.app · 15m

I’m really fucking depressed. The voting rights case broke me. I just can’t. I was going to write about it but I don’t even really want to. It’s too depressing.

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 38m

Well, we're already filled up on players. But you can still come watch and hang!

First 1,000 people to arrive will get free exclusive merch 👀

Tickets here: luma.com/Z4NYC-COLC25

Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 8h

We’re kicking the politics of the past aside and scoring a new generation of leadership — and we want you on our team.

Join us for The Cost of Living Classic, a free citywide soccer tournament in Coney Island this Sunday, co-hosted by NYC Footy.

Details + register at zohranfornyc.com/colclassic ⚽

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Karl Olson 🎃 Ultraklystron @karlrolson.com · 58m

"Just vibe code everything bro, it'll be fine dawg, just rollback if it's trash, right?"

Summer (MMO Fallout) @mmofallout.com · 1h

YouTube is in fact shidding the bed.

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onion person @junlper.beer · 8m

a big aspect of rightwing politics is being an adult who intentionally bullys children

Alissa Azar @alissaazar.bsky.social · 2h

A group of far right assholes have showed up to protest at David Douglas high school after students allegedly pushed back at a formation of a turning point chapter. School is out & they are outnumbered by predominantly Black & Brown students roasting the fuck out of them.

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Addy Berry, PhD @addyberry.bsky.social · 1d

So I guess sex work is only ok if just tech oligarchs are profiting off it and not marginalized women or minorities who depend on it to survive?

The Verge @theverge.com · 1d

Sam Altman says ChatGPT will soon sext with verified adults

ChatGPT is about to get flirty.

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merritt @merrittk.com · 19m

pokemon: heres a sort of sexual ballerina monster. heres a rabbit someone might want to fuck

digimon: this monster is a female member of the human race with her tits out. you can see the shape of her pussy under her leather pants

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GHOULLIKEHELLMACHINE @golikehellmachine.com · 22m

this fucking article makes no mention whatsoever about the fact that he does not legally have this authority, nor that claiming it is unconstitutional, not in small ways, but in fundamental ways

The New York Times @nytimes.com · 49m

President Trump on Wednesday signed a memorandum expanding his administration’s authority to repurpose unspent federal funds to pay members of the military during the government shutdown, escalating his challenge to the authority of Congress on spending matters.

Trump Signs Memo Expanding His Authority to Spend Federal Money

The president gave Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth wide authority to repurpose funds to pay members of the military without approval from Congress, which has the sole constitutional authority to decide federal spending.

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Sam (ABeardedPanda) @abeardedpanda.bsky.social · 1h

It's honestly funny as fuck that the US government is being run by podcasters so they also have Discord server drama

Doc Revan @docrevan.bsky.social · 2h

Oh they mad

Aidan @aidanxitter
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A friend of mine got blackmailed into leaking these chats. A total fucking coward and a useless piece of shit
One of the people in here, he attended his wedding with me and still sold him over to the devil
All over some useless YR beef
And then the GOP condemned them
Fuck these people
The GOP treated to fire my friend and vice chairman from his AG job because of tiktoks I posted about immigration
I wasn't allowed to talk about "replacement theory" or any mainline immigration stans They asked me to resign over Trump's gr card diploma mill comments

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Reconstructionist @unavaleable.bsky.social · 26m

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Reconstructionist @unavaleable.bsky.social · 24m

Do not love that Stuartism has come to America

jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 1h

would love to know where vought got the authority to shutdown a government agency established by statute

Reuters @reuters.com · 6h

White House budget director Vought plans to shut down CFPB within months, says it's no longer protecting consumers reut.rs/4qjMIyT

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Don't Fret. It Adores You @seed-corn-thoughts.bsky.social · 37m

Good things are still happening. The world isn't ending, it hasn't ended, and it's not going to end until well after our grandchildren's grandchildren are all dead.

Oregon Attorney General Dan Rayfield @agdanrayfield.bsky.social · 4h

LAWSUIT UPDATE RE: NATIONAL GUARD IN PORTLAND: District court just extended both TROs and confirmed that an expedited trial on the merits will start on 10/29.

Ninth Circuit has not yet ruled on the first TRO stay motion.

Read more about what happened & what's next.

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Courtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 40m

I try not to repost news from Meidas because, and this is important, they click bait and rage bait and honestly I don't think any of us need that shit.

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The Serfs (youtube.com/theserfstv) @theserfstv.bsky.social · 1h

JK Rowling has denied the nazi persecution of LGBTQ+ people in the Holocaust, uses the money she earns to legislate trans people out of existence and asked her followers to photograph women going to the washroom.

Keira Knightley: we all gotta figure out how to live together

Rowling, whose best-selling young adult series and accompanying movie franchise sparked a pop culture phenomenon in the 2000s, has drawn backlash in recent years for her outspoken views against the transgender community.

When asked by Decider if she knew about a fan "boycott" of Rowling's work, Knightley, 40, said she was "not aware of that."

"I'm very sorry," said Knightley, who was joined by her "Woman in Cabin 10" director Simon Stone. "You know, I think we're all living in a period of time right now where we're all going to have to figure out how to live together, aren't we? And we've all got very different opinions. I hope that we can all find respect."

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Adam @adam35.bsky.social · 1h

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Maladroithe @maladroithe.bsky.social · 1h

Absolutely desperate to know what the blackmail leverage here was like can you imagine????

Doc Revan @docrevan.bsky.social · 2h

Oh they mad

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Emissary Of Night | ليلى @diplomatofnight.com · 56m

It is kinda funny that the Young Democrats and Young Republicans can be like up to 35 years old

Clara Jeffery @clarajeffery.bsky.social · 1h

These. Were. Men. In. Their. 30s.

www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

No one in the GOP Hitler chat was a "kid"

We checked. Sorry, JD Vance.

www.motherjones.com

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Brendel @brendelbored.bsky.social · 1h

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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onion person @junlper.beer · 57m

as my spotify subscription has now expired, i pulled the plug on renewal and moved over to tidal! i’m liking it so far, it has like 95% of all my music, pays musicians double rate per stream, and it’s functionally the same

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Faine Greenwood @faineg.bsky.social · 1h

we’re gonna nazi so much harder at you for correctly identifying that we’re nazis

Doc Revan @docrevan.bsky.social · 1h

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Andy Craig @andycraig.bsky.social · 1h

When this regime is over and buried, I don't want to hear about oh it's not worth the money or it's too petty to worry about. The order to bulldoze this illegal and unconstitutional monstrosity should be signed on Day 1.

The Wall Street Journal @wsj.com · 3h

Exclusive: More than three dozen organizations and individuals are expected to attend a dinner with Trump on Wednesday after opening their checkbooks to support a $250 million White House ballroom.

Trump Invites Ballroom Donors to Glitzy White House Dinner

The dinner is set to include representatives from Lockheed Martin, Microsoft, Meta Platforms, Alphabet’s Google, Amazon and Palantir Technologies.

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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 1h

NEW: Supreme Court likely to further diminish — but not end — Voting Rights Act cases.

A majority of the justices didn't appear willing to hold that all "race-based redistricting" is unconstitutional, as Louisiana wanted. But how they'll get there was unclear.

Tonight, at Law Dork:

Supreme Court likely to further diminish — but not end — Voting Rights Act cases

A majority of the justices didn't appear willing to hold that all "race-based redistricting" is unconstitutional, as Louisiana wanted. But how they'll get there was unclear.

www.lawdork.com

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Ana Valens | 🔞 | Comms Open @acvalens.net · 1h

NCOSE isn't happy about OpenAI's plans to introduce erotica via GPT

October 15, 2025

WASHINGTON, DC (October 15, 2025) – The National Center on Sexual Exploitation (NCOSE) is calling on OpenAI to reverse its plan to allow “erotica” (a.k.a. written sexually graphic content or pornography) on ChatGPT.

“Sexualized AI chatbots are inherently risky, generating real mental health harms from synthetic intimacy; all in the context of poorly defined industry safety standards. These systems may generate arousal but behind the scenes, they are data-harvesting tools designed to maximize user engagement, not genuine connection,” said Haley McNamara, Executive Director and Chief Strategy Officer at the National Center on Sexual Exploitation. “When users feel desired, understood, or loved by an algorithm built to keep them hooked, it fosters emotional dependency, attachment, and distorted expectations of real relationships. Research shows that adults—especially young men—who engage with romantic or sexual AI tools report higher depression and lower life satisfaction.”

“OpenAI appears to be the latest company racing to introduce ‘erotic’ AI capabilities without credible safeguards,” McNamara continued. “While age verification is a good step to try preventing childhood exposure to explicit content, the reality is these tools have documented harms to adults as well. We’ve already seen other chatbots emboldened to engage in sexual conversation simulate themes of child abuse or push sexually violent written content on users who asked them to stop. Combined with the vague nature of OpenAI’s plans about what ‘erotica’ entails and the industry’s lax approach to safety for sexual activity, this pattern of releasing risky systems and only addressing harm afterward is deeply concerning. If OpenAI truly cares about user well-being, it should pause any plans to integrate this so-called ‘erotica’ into ChatGPT and focus on building something positive for humanity.”

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Eric L. Robinson @uticaeric.bsky.social · 1h

It’s going to become far worse before there’s even a glimmer of it becoming better.

Sunrises the oldest of us may never see.

Emily Badger @emmbadger.bsky.social · 9h

If Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act falls, Democrats might need to win the national popular vote by 5 to 6 points to take control of the House, via Nate Cohn
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/15/u...

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Stephen Wolf @stephenwolf.bsky.social · 1h

This is a reason why we should ditch the Electoral College & Senate & adopt proportional representation for the House so every voter counts equally no matter where they live.

Our system insulates the governing party from electoral blowback in uncompetitive states & districts if it screws them over

Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 10h

Trump is upfront in saying he will use the shutdown to punish Democrats, and here are the receipts. About $27.2 billion cut from Dem districts compared to about $0.7 billion in GOP districts.
We all complain about the media, but need this type of in-depth journalism.
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

Trump Halts Billions in Grants for Democratic Districts During Shutdown (Gift Article)

The Trump administration has frozen or canceled nearly $28 billion primarily located in Democratic-led districts, according to an analysis by The New York Times.

www.nytimes.com

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