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Evan Simko-Bednarski @simko-bednarski.bsky.social · 7h

The New York City Subway is 121 years old today -- the IRT first opened on this day in 1904.

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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 1d

Good morning everyone. It's me again here to ask NYC residents to please send a letter to your City Council person in support of allocating 0.5% of the city expense budget to our local public libraries. Thank you. It will only take you 90 seconds. This time with the correct link:

City Council, we demand half a percent of the overall city budget for libraries!

In response to the NYC FY2026 Budget, adopted this June, the Brooklyn Public Library, the New York Public Library, and the Queens Public Library released a joint statement thanking City Leaders for in...

actionnetwork.org

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Inner City Press @innercitypress.bsky.social · 2d

Censorship Alert: I published a book about Ghislaine Maxwell trial, and another on Kevin Spacey's trial- this evening I got an email from Amazon's KDP saying they are inappropriate and there all of my books are being taken down, including on Sudan, SBF, Eric Adams

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Dan Phiffer @phiffer.org · 2d

“Mr. Sanborn acknowledged that keeping the secret could be a strain: His computer has been hacked repeatedly over the years, he said, and obsessive fans of the work have threatened him. ‘I sleep with a shotgun,’ he said.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/16/s...
#GiftLink #Cryptography #Art

A C.I.A. Secret Kept for 35 Years Is Found in the Smithsonian’s Vault

www.nytimes.com

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 2d

I haven’t seen anyone talk about how Jane Doe - an Epstein survivor - just sued the Bank of New York Mellon for funding Epstein and failing to file a Suspicious Activity Report. A Mellon heir is the one who gave $130M to pay the troops. Seems bribey to me.

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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 2d

If you think you know what is to be done, you should do it. No one has patience for you saying that other people must do what you won't do first.

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LorennaCleary.bsky.social @lorennacleary.bsky.social · 2d

Thank you, Chicago.

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Joe Bak-Coleman @jbakcoleman.bsky.social · 3d

I'm excited to finally have a preprint of this paper up, a few years in the making.

In it we argue that industry-driven manipulation of social media research is well underway and that norms and institutions in the field are ill-prepared to resist tech's influence.

arxiv.org/abs/2510.19894

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erika @yeeeerika.bsky.social · 4d

this headline hums with ancient autumnal dread

atlantic article screenshot
headline: no one knows how big pumpkins can get
sub head: a decade ago, the worlds heaviest pumpkin weighed 2,000 pounds. now the 3,000 pound mark is within sight
by yasmin tayag

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Karl Bode @karlbode.com · 5d

the extraction class desperately wants to turn the internet into a badly automated ouroboros of engagement slop that shits ad money with no pesky labor

but researchers across three universities found that the more LLMs are trained on clickbait slop, the worse and more "hostile" the models become

Clickbait Gives AI Models 'Brain Rot,' Researchers Find

Brain rot doesn't require a brain, just this one simple trick.

gizmodo.com

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Logan Jaffe @loganjaffe.bsky.social · 5d

This morning’s Big Story newsletter from @propublica.org:

📌 Oklahoma’s shift toward conservatism and Christianity in public schools has come amid abysmal test scores and high dropout rates.

www.propublica.org/article/trum... by @jsmithrichards.bsky.social

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Jason Broccardo @zoocoup.bsky.social · 6d

“In the two years since the state started charging a 4% surtax on incomes over $1 million, the effort has created a $5.7 billion windfall, with the surplus being used to fund bridge repairs, bolster literacy programs and address the transportation system’s budget deficit”

Millionaire Tax That Inspired Mamdani Fuels $5.7 Billion Haul in Massachusetts

A millionaire levy in Massachusetts that New York City mayoral frontrunner Zohran Mamdani holds up as a model for taxing the rich has generated $3 billion more in revenue than expected without forcing...

www.bloomberg.com

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Eric Umansky @ericumansky.bsky.social · 5d

So the guy shot today by an ICE and then *charged* is a TikTok journalist.

He's actually the second TikTok journo shot and charged this month. And oh, the govt's claims in that case have not held up.

1st case: chicago.suntimes.com/news/2025/10...

2nd: www.latimes.com/california/s...

ICE agent wounds deputy U.S. marshal and TikTok streamer, who is charged with assault

Carlitos Ricardo Parias was charged Tuesday night with assault on a federal officer after the immigration operation in L.A. in which the suspect and a U.S. marshal were injured.

www.latimes.com

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Michael Clemens @mclem.org · 6d

Six percent of *all children* in America are US citizens who have at least one undocumented parent.

(Not a typo, source in thread)

Gabe Ortíz @tusk81.bsky.social · 6d

“CNN identified more than 100 US citizen children, from newborns to teenagers, who have been left stranded without parents because of immigration actions this year …” americasvoicecnn.substack.com/p/the-americ... #FamiliesBelongTogether

The American Children of Mass Deportation: ‘The New Family Separation Crisis’

One report has identified more than 100 U.S. citizen children who have been separated from their parents due to mass deportation—and there are likely more out there.

americasvoicecnn.substack.com

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Gwynne Hogan @gwynnefitz.bsky.social · 6d

First pass at the chaotic scene that just happened in Lower Manhattan.

Military-Style Sweep Hits NYC as Masked Federal Agents Arrest Canal Street Vendors www.thecity.nyc/2025/10/21/i...

Military-Style Sweep Hits NYC as Masked Federal Agents Arrest Canal Street Vendors

Spontaneous protestors were met with an armored military vehicle and assault rifles in a crackdown that escalated the Trump administration’s focus on NYC.

www.thecity.nyc

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Brian Dusablon | Duce | Drifter Life @drifterlife.com · 6d

“When Microsoft opened a data center in central Mexico last year, nearby residents said power cuts became more frequent. Water outages, which once lasted days, stretched for weeks. The shortages led to school cancellations and the spread of stomach bugs…”

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/20/t...

From Mexico to Ireland, Fury Mounts Over a Global A.I. Frenzy

www.nytimes.com

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Dr. Damien P. Williams Wants A Better Sociotechnical Paradigm @wolvendamien.bsky.social · 6d

They're… demolishing some of the East Wing of the White House, where the Presidential Emergency Operations Center nuclear bunker is, to then build a monstrously gaudy ballroom… damn near on *Top* of where the Presidential Emergency Operations Center nuclear bunker is.

Is that… do i have that right?

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Karen Gregory @karengregory.bsky.social · 6d

Useful explainer on toxic wealth as the root of internet manosphere and the digital labour of fascism:

www.theguardian.com/technology/n...

Money, muscles and anxiety: why the manosphere clicked with young men – a visual deep dive

The manosphere is known for misogyny, but that’s not the only thing that influencers in this space offer. Young men explain the allure and the problems of the manosphere in their own words

www.theguardian.com

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L.A. TACO @lataco.bsky.social · 6d

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Sam Cole @samleecole.bsky.social · 7d

(screaming at my computer) IT'S POOP! SAY POOP! www.404media.co/trump-no-kin...

News Outlets Won't Describe Trump's AI Video For What It Is: The President Pooping on America

Major outlets said the President dumped "brown liquid" that "appeared to be feces" in an AI-generated video. They refused to call a spade a spade, or poop, poop.

www.404media.co

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The Museum of English Rural Life (MERL) @themerl.bsky.social · 7d

AWS is down, post hog

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 7d

most people don't want politics that hurt other people. we just want a long overcoat like david bowie and affordable housing

David Bowie in Japan. He's waling up some steps while wearing a long black coat and smoking a cigarette.

David Bowie in Japan. He's standing in front of a train while wearing a long light-colored coat.

David Bowie in Japan. He's riding a subway car while wearing a long dark-colored coat.

David Bowie in Japan. He's walking away from a train while wearing a long black coat, gray checked scarf, charcoal trousers, and black shoes.

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Liz Neeley @lizneeley.bsky.social · 9d

Solidarity!! Last week, Indiana University fired the director of student media & halted print on the Indiana Daily Student newspaper. Yesterday, Purdue’s student paper printed the banned edition & drove two hours to deliver it. Incredible www.heraldtimesonline.com/story/news/l...

Purdue student journalists deliver special 'solidarity' newspaper to IU Bloomington campus

The special edition blasted across town features columns from IDS and Exponent editors, alongside QR codes to support both student papers.

www.heraldtimesonline.com

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ProPublica Guild @propublicaguild.org · 10d

Earlier this week, we covered @propublica.org’s NYC office in quotes from folks who signed our petition for a fair contract. Our supporters' message is clear: Management needs to meet our demands for a more equitable and transparent workplace now.

A guild member sits at her desk with a poster that reads: From a ProPublica reader: “Just Cause was the first thing Spotlight PA Management and Guild agreed to. Should be a no-brainer for a civic-minded publication like ProPublica.”

A guild member sits at a desk with a poster that reads: From a ProPublica reader: “Better, more secure working conditions create better, more impactful journalism.”

A poster taped to the ProPublica office closet reads: From a ProPublica reader: “ProPublica workers deserve a contract as powerful as their world-moving investigations.”

A poster taped to the ProPublica office wall reads: From a ProPublica reader: “It’s time to protect your most valuable asset, your employees.”

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John Palfrey @palfrey.org · 10d

Chicago Cyclists Are Buying Out Tamale Carts To Keep Vendors Home And Safe From ICE blockclubchicago.org/2025/10/17/c...

Chicago Cyclists Are Buying Out Tamale Carts To Keep Vendors Home And Safe From ICE

Cycling x Solidarity's latest mutual aid effort takes cyclists on group rides through Pilsen and other neighborhoods to buy out tamale vendors so they can stay home as ICE agents swarm the city. They ...

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