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Andy Craig @andycraig.bsky.social · 2h

The inherent corollary of "this is murder" is that we prosecute and punish people who commit murder.

Senator Ed Markey @markey.senate.gov · 2h

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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Chris Lombardi @chrisblue.bsky.social · 1h

Now you know how New Yorkers feel abt Trump

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Jake Blumgart @jblumgart.bsky.social · 2h

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The first Philly police DEI chief was victim to the discrimination she was hired to fix, lawsuit says

Leslie Marant, who was hired in April 2022 and fired in January 2024, says she became the subject of the police department's systemic discrimination that she was tasked with fixing.

www.inquirer.com

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Melissa Gira Grant @melissagiragrant.com · 2h

we’ve gone so far past “sex workers are the canaries in the coal mine” re: internet freedom, to an internet that’s run off and robbed from all the sex workers in order to replace them with planet-destroying simulations of sex workers

Matt Burgess (WIRED) @mattburgess1.bsky.social · 5h

Oh good, ChatGPT is getting "erotica for verified adults" later this year

We made ChatGPT pretty restrictive to make sure we were being careful with mental health issues. We realize this made it less useful/enjoyable to many users who had no mental health problems, but given the seriousness of the issue we wanted to get this right.

Now that we have been able to mitigate the serious mental health issues and have new tools, we are going to be able to safely relax the restrictions in most cases.

In a few weeks, we plan to put out a new version of ChatGPT that allows people to have a personality that behaves more like what people liked about 4o (we hope it will be better!). If you want your ChatGPT to respond in a very human-like way, or use a ton of emoji, or act like a friend, ChatGPT should do it (but only if you want it, not because we are usage-maxxing).

In December, as we roll out age-gating more fully and as part of our “treat adult users like adults” principle, we will allow even more, like erotica for verified adults.

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Julia Métraux @juliametraux.bsky.social · 2h

Working on a reported essay on inflammation rhetoric espoused by MAHA etc, and it's hitting me how much this harms chronically ill people, both for putting blame on ourselves for being sick and clinging to pseudoscience sometimes out of desperation.

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Elizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov · 2h

More and more Americans are literally being forced to use GoFundMe to survive.

So what are Donald Trump and the Republicans doing to help?

Ripping away families' health care and jacking up insurance premiums to pay for giant tax handouts for their billionaire buddies.

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 3h

ARIZONA AG: “.. Arizona’s right to a full delegation, and the right of the residents of CD 7 to representation from the person they recently voted for, are not up for debate ..”

@politico.com #AZ07
www.politico.com/live-updates...

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Phil Mandelbaum @philmandelbaum.bsky.social · 6h

“We need everyone to get involved in the fight, and we need everyone to have a vested interest in continuing to resist.”

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ICEBlock Can’t Block ICE. No App Can.

How Local Organizing, Community Defense and Security Culture Protect Us in Ways Technology Never Could

ICEBlock Can’t Block ICE. No App Can.

“Despite the app’s goal of protecting people from ICE, its viral success, and the state repression against it, ICEBlock has serious issues: Most

www.counterpunch.org

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Free Press @freepress.bsky.social · 5h

We get a lot of questions from folks who think Free Press and "The Free Press" are one and the same. We're not. Our Free Press actually stands up to billionaires and fights to protect free speech.

More here: https://www.freepress.net/blog/this-free-press-isnt-the-free-press

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Chris Lombardi @chrisblue.bsky.social · 4h

Painful to read, tho! And some of these dudes are legislators!

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Chris Lombardi @chrisblue.bsky.social · 4h

Painful reading, @politico.com . Some of these dudes are NYS legislators,

Sarah Weinman @sarahweinman.com · 4h

"If we ever had a leak of this chat we would be cooked fr fr"

Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 4h

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

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Chris Lombardi @chrisblue.bsky.social · 4h

Israeli Soldiers Torched Food, Homes, and a Critical Sewage Treatment Plant in the Wake of Ceasefire Announcement
www.dropsitenews.com/p/israel-idf...

Israeli Soldiers Torched Food, Homes, and a Critical Sewage Treatment Plant in the Wake of Ceasefire Announcement

Soldiers called the mass arson of Gaza City their “final touches.”

www.dropsitenews.com

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Chris Lombardi @chrisblue.bsky.social · 5h

Rest in power, Miss Major! 19thnews.org/2025/10/tran...

Legendary transgender activist Miss Major dies at 78

Known as a surrogate mother of her community, Miss Major Griffin-Gracy leaves behind a legacy as a fierce advocate for trans and LGBTQ+ rights.

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Chris Lombardi @chrisblue.bsky.social · 5h

Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 5h

The medication stockpile bill is the bill I had pegged this year as the most important kind of bill to pass given federal threats, with a short time window to make it happen. Washington passed the same bill earlier this year.

It's so shameful for Newsom to veto this bill.

Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 6h

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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Chris Lombardi @chrisblue.bsky.social · 5h

Drop Site @dropsitenews.com · 5h

🇪🇸 Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez said those responsible for the destruction of Gaza must be prosecuted, stressing that “peace cannot mean forgetting.” Speaking to Spain’s largest radio network, Cadena SER, he said there should be no impunity for the main actors in the genocide that has...

Chris Lombardi @chrisblue.bsky.social · 5h

Boo!-per Lund @cooperlund.online · 1d

These guys are terrified of the numbers that are going to turn out on Saturday, and that's all the more reason to put down your "wine mom protest" objections and join them.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Bessent: "No Kings means no paychecks. No paychecks and no government."

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Chris Lombardi @chrisblue.bsky.social · 8h

Been at this awhile. "Esper recalled that his boss asked him at least twice in 2020 about the feasibility of launching missiles into Mexico to “destroy the drug labs” and wipe out the cartels."
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Why we need to take Trump's Drug War very seriously

The president has broadcasted his zeal for military force against cartels for years and appears ready and willing to let it play out

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NPR @npr.org · 12h

Videos taken by eye witnesses of federal agent encounters with immigrants in Chicago and elsewhere have shown increasingly tense incidents. Immigrant advocates and observers say they're indicative of a larger trend of aggression among federal immigration officers.

Tackles, projectiles and gunfire: Many fear ICE tactics are growing more violent

Videos taken by eye witnesses of federal agent encounters with immigrants in Chicago and elsewhere have shown increasingly tense incidents. Immigrant advocates and observers say they're indicative of a larger trend of aggression among federal immigration officers.

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Common Dreams @commondreams.org · 12h

But though he knows what it is, Ben Gvir doesn’t use the word terrorism to communicate clearly or honestly. Neither do Katz or Netanyahu.

What Does Terrorism Actually Mean? Maybe Orwell Can Help

International activists kidnapped and brought to Israel by force, people simply being alive in a place an Israeli minister doesn’t want them to be, anyone near a place Israel has decided might be a Hamas tunnel—how are all these people terrorists?

www.commondreams.org

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elia ayoub 🌱 @ayoub.bsky.social · 12h

(UK) “It’s really bad, I won’t lie to you” is what the pharmacist told me as she had to deny me the covid vaccine. I got the flu one, no problem. A 74 year old got denied bcs he isn’t 75, so he said he’ll do it next year bcs he cannot afford to pay for private. It’s really bad. 1/4

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Sahil Kapur @sahilkapur.bsky.social · 4d

Speaker Johnson just declared the House will remain in recess all next week. This will mark a full month off; the chamber has not been in session since September 19.

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Chris Lombardi @chrisblue.bsky.social · 20h

Slow Horses!

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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 20h

Goldy @goldy.horsesass.org · 22h

In 2020 we published in TIME about the $50 trillion upward redistribution of income since 1975. The editors told us it was one of their most widely read online pieces ever, and begged us for more. Four years later we pitched an update ($79 trillion)—they weren't interested.
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TIME headline: The Top 1% of Americans Have Taken $50 Trillion From the Bottom 90%—And That's Made the U.S. Less Secure.

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Chris Lombardi @chrisblue.bsky.social · 21h

Even before the authors bigotry came clear, the Harry Potter books sucked. Not a single lived moment in those hundreds of pages

Rachel Feder @rachelfeder.bsky.social · 1d

Tell me your most unhinged literary opinion, as a little treat

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