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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 16h

I pledge to sext only with adult humans, moreover my sexting will be artisanal, small batch and produced under the highest ethical production standards, that said, some images may be edited to increase contrast, correct lens distortion and heighten curb appeal

The Verge @theverge.com · 19h

Sam Altman says ChatGPT will soon sext with verified adults

ChatGPT is about to get flirty.

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Elizabeth Cronise McLaughlin @ecmclaughlin.bsky.social · 3h

The Speaker of the House thinks a naked bike ride is terrorism.

This is a sentence I never thought I’d write when I got a degree in professional writing for journalism.

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Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 5h

Six people had their visas revoked due to their social media posts.

Six people are being deported because of what they said online.

Six people have had their freedom of speech suspended.

It won’t stop with these six people.

Either we all have freedom of speech or none of us do.

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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 3h

That’s crazy. I wonder what happened in January

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 10h

Yeah, that is a tear gas canister being fired toward the retreating couple holding the baby

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Maxine Joselow @maxinejoselow.bsky.social · 15h

Before catastrophic floods swept through the Alaska Native village of Kipnuk on Sunday, the EPA canceled a $20 million grant intended to protect the community from extreme flooding. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/14/c...

Before Alaska Flooding, E.P.A. Canceled $20 Million Flood Protection Grant

www.nytimes.com

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Preorder Read This When Things Fall Apart @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 9h

You may have noticed that folks who are from Chicago love this city. There's a reason for that. I walked to the lake with friends yesterday, and when I saw the waves rolling in, I felt something shift back into place inside of me. So many parts of this city are part of me. We will defend this place.

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Corinne Smith @corinne-smith.bsky.social · 10h

"Kipnuk isn’t Kipnuk anymore. I pray they evacuate safely." – Kristy Fox, resident of Kipnuk wrote on Facebook after being evacuated by the U.S. Coast Guard with her family.

Roughly 600 people are still sheltering there at the local school and 400 people still in Kwigillingok, as of Tuesday.

Alaska Beacon @alaskabeacon.com · 10h

In photos: Residents of western Alaska share storm damage of ex-Typhoon Halong, reports Corinne Smith with @alaskabeacon.com

In photos: Residents of western Alaska share storm damage of ex-Typhoon Halong | Alaska Beacon

As morning light hit flooded communities devastated by the remnants of Typhoon Halong on Sunday, local residents snapped photos of the storm damage across western Alaska communities.

alaskabeacon.com

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Dr. Clare Sammells @csammells.bsky.social · 1h

"Friendly reminders" don't feel very friendly. They feel passive-aggressive.

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Ryan Katz-Rosene, PhD @ryankatzrosene.bsky.social · 13h

“When crops are burned for fuel, new land can be needed to grow new crops for food or fuel. This can lead to indirect land clearance and deforestation. Staggeringly, biofuels globally therefore today emit 16% more CO₂ emissions than the fossil fuels they replace.”

From: https://www.transportenvironment.org/articles/crop30-why-burning-food-for-land-hungry-biofuels-is-fueling-the-climate-crisis

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John Pfaff @johnpfaff.bsky.social · 11h

To be clear:

LA County has declared a state of emergency BECAUSE OF the federal government.

The Feds, LA County is (correctly) saying, have CAUSED the emergency.

This is a striking political moment of internal collapse. Local govts feeling compelled to protect their ppl from … their own govt.

Los Angeles County declares state of emergency over immigration raids

Los Angeles County officials voted on Tuesday to declare a state of emergency over ongoing federal immigration raids.

abcnews.go.com

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Dr. Prakash Kashwan @pkashwan.bsky.social · 10h

Disasters in remote Alaska are not like disasters anywhere in the lower 48 states..While East Coast homeowners recovering from a nor’easter..can run to Home Depot for supplies or drive to a hotel if their home floods, none of that exists in remote Native villages" theconversation.com/typhoon-leav...

Typhoon leaves flooded Alaska villages facing a storm recovery far tougher than most Americans will ever experience

‘As the storm approached Alaska, everything went sideways,’ leaving people no time to evacuate and little time to prepare. An Alaska meteorologist explains what happened and the challenges ahead.

theconversation.com

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Senator Reverend Raphael Warnock @warnock.senate.gov · 12h

Tomorrow, six more states will be able to view their 2026 health care costs.

On average, they'll find their premiums have doubled.

It's not complicated: Washington Republicans spiked health care premiums for 22 million Americans.

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ʙᴜη ₊˚⊹⋆ @bun.is.a.cutie.fyi · 1d

!!!

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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 15h

ICE is recklessly throwing tear gas into our neighborhoods and busy streets, including near children at school and CPD officers.

The Trump Administration must stop their deployment of dangerous chemical weapons into the air of peaceful American communities.

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Dr. Clare Sammells @csammells.bsky.social · 15h

So, what is the alternative for selling used books individually online?

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 15h

Far too many institutions are bending the knee to Trump and preemptively giving in to his demands. It’s encouraging to see these airports refuse to entertain this administration’s lawlessness. Kudos to them — hopefully their courage inspires others to follow suit. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

US airports refuse to air Kristi Noem video blaming Democrats for shutdown

Airports in Phoenix, Las Vegas, Seattle and elsewhere cite laws barring partisan political content at TSA checkpoints

www.theguardian.com

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Mike Luckovich @mluckovich.bsky.social · 16h

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 22h

I assume that was the goal.

jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 23h

wow. bezos has destroyed this paper.

karl rove knausgård @uhactually.bsky.social · 1d

Lmao WaPo has fewer than 100K circulation now. It turns out “alienate your liberal subscriber base” is not a good strategy when the Republicans also hate you. www.forbes.com/sites/andyme...

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Aparna Nair @disabilitystor1.bsky.social · 1d

So do White people in the west just believe it’s okay to resurrect the dead to make them dance and perform for your pleasure?
Is this a cultural difference?
Because where I come from, disturbing the dead usually comes with consequences.
Bad ones.

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Qasim Rashid, Esq. @qasimrashid.com · 18h

ICE targeted an apartment building near my home. Masked agents in unmarked cars. I've said this before. Democratic Governors & Mayors need to order their local police depts to arrest any & all unidentified & masked alleged ICE agents.

This anonymous denial of due process is deadly.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 19h

The Pentagon’s new press policy bars journalists from reporting anything that hasn’t been approved by the Trump regime.

The NYT, Washington Post, Atlantic, and NPR are refusing to sign the agreement.

Kudos to the media outlets standing up to this blatant authoritarianism.

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Hannah Walser @hkpmw.bsky.social · 22h

Super fun how we basically don’t have a Fourth Amendment anymore thanks to a shadow docket decision

Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 1d

The entire incident is infuriating and terrifying. She’s a Latina woman who was working a service job. On her way home late at night, with her headphones in, she was detained for an hour by masked federal agents who wouldn’t give her their names.

Maria Greeley, 44, had just finished working a double shift at the Beach Bar on Ohio Street
earlier this month when she said she was surrounded by three federal agents who grabbed her, forced her hands behind her back and zip tied her.
Headphones in, Greeley had been focused on getting home to her two dogs for a walk.
Instead, she said she was detained by masked agents who did not answer when she asked for names. They questioned her for an hour, she said.

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 22h

Speaker Mike Johnson just said he's completely fine with ICE agents shooting priests in the head with pepper balls and roughing up journalists.

I'm sure he'll tell us soon about how it's the Democrats who are waging a war on religion and free speech though.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 23h

Q: We've seen images out of Chicago of federal agents shooting faith leaders with pepper balls and arresting journalists. Where's the limit for you on what's acceptable conduct by federal agents?

MIKE JOHNSON: I've not seen them cross the line yet.

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Aparna Nair @disabilitystor1.bsky.social · 1d

I don't know how many times to point out that is absolutely ghoulish and non-consensual and disgusting behavior.
To exploit the image of a dead woman who was also exploited in real life so you can live out your momentary fantasies of "what is possible" with AI is bad science journalism, also.
Sick.

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Marilyn Monroe in Game of Thrones? AI Could Make It Happen Soon

Despite early, and familiar, copyright growing pains, Sora may be the prelude to AI-generated on-demand TV and movies

Screenshot includes an AI generated image of what looks like a human cross between Daenaerys Targaryen and Marilyn Monroe on the back of a dragon.

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