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Anonymous @youranoncentral.bsky.social · 3d

How to Dismantle a Dictatorship, Step 4: Block validation.

Report, block, and add the Trump White House and other regime accounts to blocklists. Do not engage. #3E #BlueSky

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@whitehouse-47.bsky.social
@homelandgov.bsky.social

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 3d

Trump isn’t even trying to hide the fact that the DOJ is completely politicized and the rule of law no longer applies federally

Donald Trump announces he has commuted George Santos’ sentence in his federal fraud case:

“at least Santos had the Courage, Conviction, and Intelligence to ALWAYS VOTE REPUBLICAN! […] I just signed a Commutation, releasing George Santos from prison, IMMEDIATELY. Good luck George, have a great life!”

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MaddowBlog @maddowblog.msnbc.com · 3d

Happy No Kings Day, America. It couldn't happen at a better time.

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Lara Lynn @laralynnwrites.bsky.social · 3d

I'm attending No Kings's event, “NO KINGS Coos Bay” - sign up now to join me! www.mobilize.us/nokings/even...

NO KINGS Coos Bay · No Kings

**In America, we don’t put up with would-be kings.** Our peaceful movement is only getting bigger and stronger. “NO KINGS” is more than just a slogan—it’s the foundation our nation was built upon. Bo...

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Lara Lynn @laralynnwrites.bsky.social · 3d

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The Price Of Trump’s Tylenol Lie Will Be Paid With Black Lives

When Donald Trump claimed that mothers taking Tylenol during pregnancy put their children at risk of autism, I didn’t just hear a

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Lara Lynn @laralynnwrites.bsky.social · 3d

blogs.lse.ac.uk/inequalities...

The wage gap and far-right support for redistribution

New study on beliefs and preferences about the wage gap (CEOs vs average worker). When the true gap is revealed, far right voters change their policy views most.

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 3d

Amazing changes can happen in a mere couple of months.

The Trump regime's lies about No Kings protests are getting more desperate and inflammatory as the White House gets more scared of the power of the people.

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DBdant @dbdant.bsky.social · 3d

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 3d

This doesn’t even include the ones who had pending case but he had their charges dropped.

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Kindra Cotton @kindracotton.com · 8d

DAILY REMINDER: Black women lost 319,000 jobs between February and July of this year, the only major female demographic to experience significant job losses during this five-month period.

White men saw the largest job increase 一 365,000 一 among
groups.

Black women lost 319,000 jobs between February and July of this year, the only major female demographic to experience significant job losses during this five-month period.

White men saw the largest job
increase 一 365,000 一 among
groups.

According to an analysis of the most recent labor statistics by
Katica Roy, a gender economist

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Lara Lynn @laralynnwrites.bsky.social · 3d

www.mediaite.com/media/news/2...

24-Year Marine Vet Pens Powerful Washington Post Op-Ed Saying He Resigned ‘Because of President Trump’

A U.S. Marine who served the country for 24 years, wrote a powerful op-ed in The Washington Post declaring that he resigned "because of President Trump."

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Lara Lynn @laralynnwrites.bsky.social · 6d

Yikes. This sucks.

www.yahoo.com/news/article...

New investigation finds high levels of lead in protein powders and shakes

One powder contains 16 times more lead in a single serving than is considered safe to consume in an entire day.

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Pestilence @pestilence4all.bsky.social · 6d

Whatever you do, don’t share this 1949 graph comparing polio cases and ice cream purchases by month in the US with the current HHS Secretary. He might get some crazy idea that ice cream causes polio.
Welp — removing ice cream was recommended as part of an anti-polio diet. 🤦‍♂️

A screenshot of a line graph showing the trends of polio cases and ice cream sales month-by-month throughout 1949. While the lines show similar trends this is a mere association. People tend to buy more ice cream as temperatures rise throughout spring and summer, which coincides with transmission increases of polio due in part to flies that can transmit poliovirus buy coming contact with virus-containing feces or sewage and transporting it to food. Just don’t think about it …🤢

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Harry Dunn @libradunn1.bsky.social · 6d

Is anyone really surprised by the racism running rampant in the young republican group chat? The future just imitating the current 😕🥴

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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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 6d

Just trying to imagine what Republicans would’ve done if, say, the head of the California Democratic Party were accused of rape, while one of the state’s Democratic congressmen has his career ended by sex trafficking allegations and a second juggled multiple allegations of sexual harassment.

Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 6d

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“Florida Keys Party”

Florida's GOP power couple is embroiled in scandal

House report on former Rep.
Matt Gaetz reveals rampant sexual misconduct, drug use

Exclusive: Top Florida
GOP official was convicted in probe into his romantic involvement with
inmate during his time as jail employee

Judge grants ex-girlfriend restraining order against
Rep. Cory Mills

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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 6d

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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Deborah Lynn @mrsdeborahlynn.bsky.social · 6d

www.cnn.com/2025/10/14/w...
Forecast for the powerful and deadly storm that battered small communities in western Alaska over the weekend was likely made worse by a lack of weather data triggered by Trump administration’s cuts.

There is a gaping hole in weather balloon coverage in western Alaska.

Lack of weather data due to Trump’s budget cuts impacted forecast for deadly Alaska storm | CNN

The forecast for the powerful and deadly storm that battered small communities in western Alaska over the weekend was likely made worse by a lack of weather data triggered by the Trump administration’...

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Drew Harwell @drewharwell.com · 7d

Sam Altman went from “AI will cure cancer" to "ChatGPT porn" in less than a month

ChatGPT boss predicts when AI could cure cancer

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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Ashley Lynch ✂️🎞️ @ashleylynch.bsky.social · 7d

Two sets of parents who are currently suing OpenAI for losing their kids to suicide because of ChatGPT might have something to say about "now that we have been able to mitigate the serious mental health issues" part.

Matt Burgess (WIRED) @mattburgess1.bsky.social · 7d

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

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Matt Round @mattround.com · 6d

OpenAI’s strategy is very clear, it’s trying to get people - especially young people - so reliant on its products intellectually & emotionally (& now sexually!) that going without them becomes unthinkable. And they need signs of that strategy working to keep the funding flowing in

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Not the Governor of North Carolina; got the handle first @joshstein.bsky.social · 6d

“We made ChatGPT pretty restrictive…” is one of those statements that (if I were consulting on any of the ongoing or prospective lawsuits against OpenAI) I would snag as evidence of actual knowledge of the risks of their product.

Matt Burgess (WIRED) @mattburgess1.bsky.social · 7d

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