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James Austin @jamesdaustin.bsky.social · 10h

The whiplash from 'we are going to build responsible AI' and 'were worried about the addictive nature of these tools'

To:

'Were going to build a porn bot', 'were building a additctive, endless scroll social media app' and 'were bringing back the addictive model'

Is pretty big

The Verge @theverge.com · 23h

Sam Altman says ChatGPT will soon sext with verified adults

ChatGPT is about to get flirty.

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الكسندرا ميراي @lexialex.bsky.social · 8h

I know I have a few journalists following me...I hope some of you will stay on this. There are many organizations sitting on millions of dollars that people from around the world donated for the people of Gaza. This money needs to get to the people it was meant for so they don't have to beg anymore

الكسندرا ميراي @lexialex.bsky.social · 3d

It's not just UNRWA, every organization has received a record amount of donations they haven't been able to give to Palestinians in Gaza
www.reuters.com/world/us/pal...

Palestinian Americans fundraise for Gaza, as aid groups receive record donations

Palestinian Americans and aid groups in the United States are raising funds for Gaza, which faces a deepening humanitarian crisis as the Israel-Hamas war enters its fourth week - but they have as yet limited ability to get supplies into the besieged enclave.

www.reuters.com

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Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 8h

A note on Queensland's coal extension plan - it can easily achieve a "75% by 2030 emissions cut" by continually quietly revising land-use emissions, only a little bit more brazenly than the prev govt' would've needed to when cutting coal by 2035.

No sweat

@adammorton.bsky.social

Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · Dec 16

Okay, deep cut here, but it's important. I ran the numbers on Queensland (Aus) new emissions target of a 75% reduction by 2035 with one Q in mind: is it really ambitious?

Important because QLD remains one of the world's biggest coal pits - and it burns a lot for power, too

So: here's a thread!

Queensland sets new 2035 climate emissions reduction target

Steven Miles says one of his first tasks as the new state premier will be legislating a 2035 emissions reduction target of 75 per cent. He says the new goal "sets a floor for the federal target".

www.sbs.com.au

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Amy Westervelt @amywestervelt.bsky.social · 18h

Something this book really drilled home (scuse the pun) is that we're not stalled out on climate because scientists didn't model hard enough or campaigners didn't come up with the perfect message, but because the world's most powerful spent gazillions to sabotage action.

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Jeremy Poxon @jeremypoxon.bsky.social · 19h

they got bullied by advocates and media to release it, where it turns out the report was full of AI slop, which became a global media scandal, so Deloitte part-repayed DEWR back $98,000, and re-uploaded the report, which has now again been called out for being riddled with errors

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Senator Ed Markey @markey.senate.gov · 20h

Trump just bombed six more people in the Caribbean, for a total of 27 civilians who have been killed so far by the US military. It’s illegal for the military to target civilians who do not pose an immediate threat. This is murder.

U.S. Military Kills Another 6 People in 5th Caribbean Strike, Trump Says
In a social media post, the president said the people aboard a boat were suspected of smuggling drugs for an unspecified group his team had labeled terrorists.

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Alexandra Heller-Nicholas @horrornonna.com · Sep 10

Look I know everyone has a lot going on, but the North American premiere of our documentary 1000 WOMEN IN HORROR that I wrote/is based on my book of the same name is having its North American premiere at the Brooklyn Horror Film Festival on 17 October! brooklynhorror2025.eventive.org/films/68b9bd...

One of the best critics covering the horror genre, award-winning Australian writer Alexandra Heller-Nicholas showed love to the countless women who’ve made their marks on scary cinema, whether they’ve been publicly celebrated or unfairly overlooked, with her excellent 2020 book 1000 WOMEN IN HORROR, 1985–2018. Using that book as an inspiration, filmmaker Donna Davies has assembled a surplus of film clips and an extensive list of notable interviewees—including Akela Cooper, Kate Siegel, Nikyatu Jusu, Mary Harron and Lin Shaye—to chronicle the female gender’s longstanding history of tapping into themes both universal and specifically feminine to create some of horror’s greatest achievements. —Matt Barone

Showings – select to order tickets:
Fri, Oct 17th, 4:15 PM @ Arrow Video Theater (Nitehawk Cinema Williamsburg Screen #2)

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Harms Committed @harmscommitted.com · 20h

"[V]ery, very, very humiliating."

She "didn't know that she would have to strip completely naked in front of [an ICE] facility guard" after each visit.

"For about two weeks, every day I wanted to cry when I thought about it."
#California #USA #Policing #Incarceration #Deportation #EthnicCleansing

People in ICE Custody Face Invasive Strip Searches After Visits With Loved Ones

Some people decide not to participate in in-person visitation because they don’t want to take off all their clothes in front of a guard.

capitalandmain.com

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Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 1d

"People may be using artificial intelligence, but that doesn’t mean it’s useful"

@eryk.bsky.social in @techpolicypress.bsky.social is really great:

www.techpolicy.press/generative-a...

Generative AI’s Productivity Myth | TechPolicy.Press

People may be using artificial intelligence, but that doesn’t mean it’s useful, writes Eryk Salvaggio.

www.techpolicy.press

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Amy Westervelt @amywestervelt.bsky.social · 20h

In 99% of cases, we wouldn't include someone's spouse or family member as part of a story, but given that this book trades in the sort of "abundance vs. scarcity" nonsense the technoratti have embraced, it's relevant to note that the author is married to a co-founder of AirBnB who works for DOGE

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Royce Kurmelovs @roycerk2.bsky.social · 20h

Drilled was asked to promote a new pro-nuclear book. When we found it contained a conspiracy alleging the oil industry funded environmental groups to kill the nuclear industry -- and that it didn't stack up -- it turned into an investigation.

New from me in @drilledmedia.bsky.social:

Isabella Boemeke Isn’t Trying to Spread Conspiracy Theories in her New Pro-Nuclear Book, But She Is

Pro-nuclear influencer Isabelle Boemeke’s new book, Rad Future, indulges in conspiracy theories, unsourced claims, and personal attacks against the industry’s critics.

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Jon Danziger @danziger.bsky.social · 22h

Excited for Jeffries and Schumer to say that we need to show them some grace, meet them halfway, politics is about compromise

Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 23h

Turns out your assumptions about what republican group chats are like is correct www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

‘I love Hitler’: Leaked messages expose Young Republicans’ racist chat

Thousands of private messages reveal young GOP leaders joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape.

www.politico.com

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الكسندرا ميراي @lexialex.bsky.social · 22h

Please donate or share

Malak @malak61.bsky.social · 1d

For the first time, we are happy in Gaza despite the destruction and ruin. My sister studied hard and achieved a score of 96% at the end of high school. Share our joy and help her continue her studies.
Congratulations Mais🎉🎉😭
@mommunism.bsky.social
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Winnie Madikizela’s boo @dre-withwithout.blacksky.app · 23h

Exactly, a broken clock is right at least twice a day, but I don’t deal with broken clocks.

Being able to investigate what your reading and why it’s available for you to read plays into critically thinking, discernment, skepticism and liberation consciousness.

Don’t not read them but know why.

الكسندرا ميراي @lexialex.bsky.social · 23h

Politico is owned by a literal Nazi who asked his employees to pray for Trump to win the election. If they publish a story exposing racists in the Trump administration, it's because they want people to think they're all about reporting the truth (they're not). The Epoch Times strategy.

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Hend Amry @libyaliberty.bsky.social · 22h

This sentence alone is bone chilling. America, you are in big trouble. And it’s not the kind of trouble that a simple election can fix.

Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 22h

A press conference with the Mayor Everett, Mass. about the ICE abduction of a 13-year-old boy is about to begin. You can watch here: www.facebook.com/cityofeveret...

Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 1d

This is the response I received from ICE when I inquired about the 13-year-old they abducted from Everett, Mass. on Friday:

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Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 22h

it's a thing

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Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · May 2

THE FOUR STAGES OF PRO-FOSSIL EXPLOITATION OF MAJOR BLACKOUTS

[a thread with videos]

Stage 1: Guilt By Proximity - "any blackout that happens in a region with renewable energy must have been caused by renewable energy"

[we are in the later end of this stage -see, FT, Bloomberg (Blas), etc]

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Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 22h

Wall Street Journal claims the grid operator is in "denial" about 'imminent power blackout'

This is, in case you're wondering, a self-fulfilling prophecy they can point to whenever the next blackout occurs (and they happen all the time), regardless of what actually caused it

archive.ph/o5rv9

Spain’s Grid Operator Denies Risk of Imminent Power Blackout After Sharp Voltage Swings
Voltage variations are believed to have led to April’s major electrical outage across Spain and Portugal
By
Cristina Gallardo
Oct. 14, 2025 6:28 am ET

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onion person @junlper.beer · 22h

israel has already broken the ceasefire

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Caio Almendra @caioalmendra.bsky.social · 1d

Fun fact: Cuba has free trans healthcare, including surgeries, for 17 years now.

Valerie @vibingvalerie.bsky.social · 1d

Are women bourgeois?

Ari: WELL I AM

Ari Drennen @AriDrennen
X.com
Transsexualism as we conceive of it in America is bourgeois, the product of a society that venerates the freedom of an individual to choose. There is no designer vagina under communism, I'm sorry.

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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 1d

1. Yesterday, the press gave Gavin Newsom favorable coverage for signing pro-LGBTQ+ bills.

Little noticed, however, was that he vetoed one of the most important ones: a bill allowing trans people 12 month HRT stockpiles, protecting them from federal threats.

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Gavin Newsom Vetoes Important HRT Stockpiling Bill For Trans Californians, Signs Other Pro-LGBTQ+ Bills

The bill would have allowed transgender people to maintain a safe supply of medication in the era of government crackdowns on care.

www.erininthemorning.com

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Sophia Babai @swingingstorm.bsky.social · 1d

So far TODAY Israel has:

- bombed Gaza City
- bombed Khan Younis
- shot and killed five Palestinians in Gaza City
- refused to open the Rafah border crossing
- announced they would once more block aid

This is what a "ceasefire" with Israel looks like. This is what it has always looked like.

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Cameron Scally @cameronws.bsky.social · 1d

Whatever becomes of this ceasefire, the reality is clear - humanity cannot suffer the state of Israel to exist.

We will destroy it or it will destroy all of us

الكسندرا ميراي @lexialex.bsky.social · 1d

People who side with the monsters who do this are monsters themselves

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Om jameel ❤️❤️ @lobnamkm330.bsky.social · 1d

The bitter cold has begun to penetrate our bodies and disease is approaching us. My children urgently need clothes, blankets and shelter. We need $300 before they die from the cold. My kids are appealing to you in a video
Don't let them down🙏
Im verified by
@mommunism.bsky.social
shorturl.at/hcCSb

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Politico @politico.com · 23h

EXCLUSIVE: Thousands of leaked messages show leaders of Young Republican groups joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape in a private Telegram chat.

Inside rising GOP leaders’ racist chats — obtained by POLITICO and spanning more than 7 months👇

‘I love Hitler’: Leaked messages expose Young Republicans’ racist chat

Thousands of private messages reveal young GOP leaders joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape.

www.politico.com

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Anthony Morgan @admorgan.bsky.social · 23h

Murderous real estate deal. I’d be happy but amazed to find a national leader who won’t benefit from this - the most vile development deal in history.

Simon Strick @unddieregel.bsky.social · 23h

They made this Yarvin plan real today. Which is why i wrote about it and how people and history are turned into fuel and capital.
on-curating.org/issue-62/iss...

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