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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 4h

‘Wait, this is happening to ME so we need to do something about it.’ -ancient Republican mantra

onion person @junlper.beer · 5h

just found out that about a week ago, while george santos has been in solitary confinement, that he wrote that due to the inhuman conditions he is facing he is now pro prison reform. just unreal stuff honestly

Twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week, I paced in circles like a restless ghost.
The windows were frosted, allowing only a faint suggestion of daylight and nightfall, enough to remind me that time was passing, though I had little sense of how.
The shower water was always cold, and my only amenities were the steel toilet and sink fused together in the corner. It was a miserable existence. Yet, as I soon learned, misery can always be deepened
On September 7th, the warden's office saw fit to move me into something far worse, an even smaller cell, no more than seven by nine feet, coated in filth, reeking of neglect, and utterly devoid of natural light or ventilation.
In that suffocating shoebox, there is no room to walk, no hint of the sun, no trace of humanity. The silence is crushing.
The air feels stale. The walls themselves seem to close in. I keep asking myself: will this barbaric confinement ever end? Is this legal under our Constitution, or have I simply been erased from the protections of due process?
Most haunting of all, will I survive it? With no access to my family, no calls, no emails, and with letters that may never leave this building, I live in total darkness, cut off from the world I once fought to serve.
Let me be blunt: I find Warden Kelly's so-called "protection" not only unpalatable, but cruel and unjustifiable. My time here has opened my eyes to a truth far too many ignore: America desperately needs prison reform.

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Colin Peters (Scary Pumpkin) @colinpeters.bsky.social · 8h

Ben Shapiro is the guy who suggested that if the sea level were to rise ten feet globally, everyone affected would just “sell their houses and move.” (Sell them to who, Ben? Fucking Aquaman?!)

He is not a particularly bright person.

The Serfs (youtube.com/theserfstv) @theserfstv.bsky.social · 14h

Fascinated how the guy who made superstars of Matt Walsh, Candace Owens, Jordan Peterson, and Michael Knowles thought that unfettered racism and every phobia in existence wouldn't eventually include anti-semitism

Ben Shapiro warns that conspiratorial right is taking over social media

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Cheryl in Nova Scotia 🇨🇦🍁🍁 @minibubbly.bsky.social · 9h

Short and sweet 🤣

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Jesse Hawken @jessehawken.bsky.social · 12h

How much money do you think DHS has expended so far on punishing this one man

Julie DiCaro @juliedicaro.bsky.social · 13h

So Kilmer Abrego-Garcia will not challenge a deportation to Costa Rica, who has agreed to for him residency, but DHS won’t agree to send him there because it’s not cruel enough.

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

For weeks, Mr. Abrego Garcia, a Salvadoran national who is married to a U.S. citizen, has made clear that he would not challenge his deportation if he were sent to Costa Rica, which has promised him legal residency and guaranteed that he would not be sent back to El Salvador.

But the Trump administration has refused to deport him to Costa Rica, and in an earlier hearing this week, Judge Xinis pressed the administration to consider the option or clarify why it was unacceptable.

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Emma Evans @trance.bsky.social · 1d

Link's perma ban is wrong and should be reversed.

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Claire Zagorski, MSc, EMT-P @clairezagorski.bsky.social · 1d

A student on TikTok has been documenting her journey with a professor who “wrote” the anatomy textbook and it’s all a bunch of AI hallucinations.

She’s saying that, understandably, the students are doing super poorly!

Behold what we’re teaching the healthcare professionals of tomorrow:

A diagram of the bones and (some) deep muscles of the hand and forearm. AI says that we only have four digits. It’s also identified a tendon as the median nerve, another tendon as the ulnar nerve, among other issues.

An AI generated diagram of the muscles of the neck. It hallucinated the “ennocleidomasid” muscle, and the “anterior scalpalin muscle”.

An AI generated diagram of the muscles of the lateral thigh. It says that the gluteus Maximus (the big juicy butt muscle) is on the anterior side. It also points to the quadriceps muscle and says “attattment”. It also says that the same structure is the tibia AND the deep fascia of the leg.

An AI generated diagram of the bones of the hand and forearm. This time AI says we have 6 digits. It also says that the radius is the ulnar artery. Among other many issues.

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Lidia Fear-ari 👹 @lidiaferrari.bsky.social · 1d

I mean, it’s not like we need doctors or anything right? #onpoli

André Picard @picardonhealth @picardonhealth.bsky.social · 1d

Ontario limiting first-round applications for residency positions from international medical graduates to only those who completed at least two years of high school in the province, by @alannasmith.bsky.social www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic... via @theglobeandmail.com #MedEd #IMGs

Ontario will apply new limits on residency applications from international medical graduates

Graduates who did not attend an Ontario high school must wait until the second round of applications

www.theglobeandmail.com

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The Japan Times @japantimes.co.jp · 1d

In 2020, Ghost of Tsushima gave life to an oft-overlooked slice of Japanese history. But in the new Ghost of Yotei, familiar samurai action-adventure thrills don’t quite live up to its new setting.

Ghost of Yotei’s bloodstained fun sidesteps Ainu identity

Set in Ezo (modern-day Hokkaido), the highly anticipated samurai action-adventure game contains familiar thrills but subpar substance.

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Matt Ortega @mattortega.com · 1d

Absolutely. It is predictable. I wrote a warning about this a few weeks after the 2024 election.

When this ultimately all falls apart—and it will, one way or another—the overwhelming desire from elite quarters will be to just move on. It's in the past. We're looking forward.

Not this time.

When the country is left examining the wreckage of this administration and the movement which swept it back into power, those responsible and their enablers will seek to escape accountability on ratlines to the speaker's circuit for lucrative fees or slink off to the Harvard IOP fellows program. History informs us that the odds are in their favor. It is also instructive that the lack of accountability only begets further destructive actions. This past election is an acute example of this failing and we will all suffer as a result.

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Colin Peters (Scary Pumpkin) @colinpeters.bsky.social · 1d

That tracks.

Colin Peters (Scary Pumpkin) @colinpeters.bsky.social · 1d

LLMs are particularly susceptible to Poster’s Madness?

Marco Rogers @polotek.bsky.social · 1d

Oh.
futurism.com/future-socie...

New Paper Finds That When You Reward AI for Success on Social Media, It Becomes Increasingly Sociopathic

Stanford scientists unleashed AI bots in different environments, including social media, and they started behaving unethically.

futurism.com

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Marco Rogers @polotek.bsky.social · 1d

Oh.
futurism.com/future-socie...

New Paper Finds That When You Reward AI for Success on Social Media, It Becomes Increasingly Sociopathic

Stanford scientists unleashed AI bots in different environments, including social media, and they started behaving unethically.

futurism.com

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Colin Peters (Scary Pumpkin) @colinpeters.bsky.social · 1d

According to Google the Chinese says “Children’s Nutrition Meat Pine,” which makes a bit more sense I guess…

Harry Turtledove @hntdove.bsky.social · 1d

A modest proposal in Chinese.

Jar of CHILD SHREDDED MEAT. Delicious Classic, it adds. Also Chinese text I unfortunately can't read.

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Laura Jedeed @laurajedeed.bsky.social · 1d

Hi hello did you know that Elon Musk's third Neuralink patient (previously nonverbal) is "getting help from Grok" to communicate

and I hope -- I REALLY HOPE -- he's not stuck in his own brain listening as a robot talks for him without his input because this, to me, would be worse than death

This patient’s Neuralink brain implant gets a boost from generative AI

A patient who types with his brain thanks to a Neuralink implant is using AI chatbots to speed things up.

www.technologyreview.com

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Alan Richardson @alanrichardson.bsky.social · 1d

I cannot in good conscience recommend that my undergraduate or masters students go to graduate school in the USA. I will support them if they apply but I cannot recommend it to them. This is a change from 30 years of practice in which that was my strongest recommendation.

Prof Peter Hotez MD PhD DSc(hon) @peterhotezmdphd.bsky.social · May 30

No words

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Karen Dalton Beninato 🐦 @kbeninato.bsky.social · 1d

Lived through this at a small paper. Every consultant pitch seemed like what someone would recommend if they didn't want any more newspapers.

Blake Leyh @earlofedgecombe.bsky.social · 1d

If you think you know why US newspapers died, this feature documentary now streaming for free on PBS might surprise you. It wasn't the Internet. Newspapers were specifically targeted by vulture capitalists.

I composed the score for the film, which features electric cello & Crowfoot guitars.

Stripped for Parts: American Journalism on the Brink

A handful of journalists rebel against a hedge fund that is gutting newspapers nationwide.

www.pbs.org

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Colin Peters (Scary Pumpkin) @colinpeters.bsky.social · 1d

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Colin Peters (Scary Pumpkin) @colinpeters.bsky.social · 8d

We know how to relax. This is a picture of my dogs. #Dogs #DogsOfBlueSky

A small black toy poodle is lying comfortably at one end of a sofa and a tiny blonde toy poodle is lying, eyes closed, sprawled on her back, with her legs in the air, in the center of the sofa.

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Colin Peters (Scary Pumpkin) @colinpeters.bsky.social · 1d

“Got any more toast?”
This is a picture of my dogs.
#Dogs #DogsOfBlueSky #DogsOfMastodon

A tiny blonde (well-aged apricot) toy poodle on the left and a small black-turning-silver toy poodle on the right are politely waiting for more toast to go with their toast.

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David M. Perry @lollardfish.bsky.social · 1d

The end of federal enforcement of special ed laws. Some states - including MN - will likely be ok. But a lot of disabled kids in a lot of states are going to lose the education that federal law and decades of jurisprudence say they are owed.

Education Department wipes out special ed office in shutdown layoffs, union says

The Education Department laid off nearly everyone at the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services.

www.usatoday.com

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Colin Peters (Scary Pumpkin) @colinpeters.bsky.social · 1d

Why, dammit? Why be like that and ruin good things?

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Colin Peters (Scary Pumpkin) @colinpeters.bsky.social · 1d

I was just thinking today about the various authors I have enjoyed the work of and later found out were sex pests.

good hyuck, babe! @markpopham.bsky.social · 2d

a not great aspect of the 2020s is every now and then i'll remember a writer/actor/comedian/musician i haven't heard about in a while and i'll think "oh I wonder how they're doing.... really hope they haven't *directly to camera* TURNED EVIL"

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good hyuck, babe! @markpopham.bsky.social · 2d

a not great aspect of the 2020s is every now and then i'll remember a writer/actor/comedian/musician i haven't heard about in a while and i'll think "oh I wonder how they're doing.... really hope they haven't *directly to camera* TURNED EVIL"

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Senator Patty Murray @murray.senate.gov · 2d

Republicans are pushing debunked anti-abortion propaganda as an excuse to rip mifepristone off the shelves and block women from getting abortion care.

100+ studies prove mifepristone is safe and effective.

SPEAK UP, we can't let them get away with this.

Nearly All GOP Senators Urge the FDA to Restrict Abortion Pills

The senators are asking the FDA to suspend its approval of generic mifepristone, which would heavily restrict access to abortion pills nationwide.

www.notus.org

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Iron Spike @ironspike.bsky.social · 2d

This is what I mean when I say, when it comes to political positions, most ppl just run on vibes. 100% feelings-before-facts. Japan is screaming towards a population crash at 1,000 MPH, it's not reversible at this point. But you have political parties agitating to return to hermit kingdom status.

Bloomberg News @bloomberg.com · 2d

Japan’s far right is on the rise, alarming foreign workers. Nowhere is that anxiety more apparent than in the city of Toyota, where immigrants power the economy while facing political backlash.

Japan Needs Foreign Workers. Its Far Right Is Turning Against Them

In the city of Toyota, immigrants help power the economy while facing political backlash.

bloom.bg

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Dr Dean Burnett @garwboy.bsky.social · 2d

I'll not even consider paying attention to anything Farage has to say about what happens in primary schools until *every* member of his party is legally allowed to be within 50ft of one

Nigel Farage says Britain's
eachers 'poisoning our kids' and
predicts a teachers' strike as PM
GlAean

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