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Ursula K. Le Guin Bot
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Have you never thought how danger must surround power as shadow does light?
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jamelle
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looking forward to alito declaring that our grand colorblind constitution means that white voters can permanently gerrymander racial minorities out of political representation.
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Mrs. Betty Bowers
about 16 hours ago
Imagine if instead of spending billions of dollars supporting terrorists or weapons, the United States had spent that money helping the people of the United States
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Andrew
about 9 hours ago
honestly at this point if youâre burning stuff outdoors anywhere in central VA, I hope your neighbors come over and give you a serious talking to
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Kevin M. Kruse
about 8 hours ago
This is an important point to remember every time some yahoo politician who wants to defund the NSF reads the title of a grant in dumbstruck tones: "They're studying the venom of Gila monsters? What? Who's *that* for?" All of us, Gomer. It's how science actually works.
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Guardian US
about 16 hours ago
"There is no justification for a regressive system in which the super-rich contribute less than the rest of us," write
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@gabrielzucman.bsky.social
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Tax Day is a reminder of Americaâs unequal tax system. But we can fix it | Zohran Mamdani, Gabriel Zucman and Joseph Stiglitz
There is no justification for a regressive system in which the super-rich contribute less than the rest of us
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/apr/15/tax-day-united-states-unequal-taxation?CMP=us_bsky&utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Bluesky#Echobox=1740769161-1
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Katie Hodges-Kluck, PhD
about 2 hours ago
FYI, Cville folks & others!
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Tim Onion
about 4 hours ago
Last month in The Onion:
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Emily Gorcenski
about 4 hours ago
I said a few months ago that soon you would see a power shift in Hungary and when you do, a bunch of people will come out of the woodwork to say it's a bad thing and that it is very important not to listen to them. This is that moment.
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Bits
about 10 hours ago
...says the man with the highest net worth on this rock spinning through the void.
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Travis Koshko
about 3 hours ago
*DAILY RECORD HIGH TIED* We hit 92° this afternoon in Charlottesville, tying the record high for the date of 92° set in 2024.
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Jonathan Cohn
about 3 hours ago
Of the Jewish senators, 7 out of 10 voted to block a sale of bulldozers to Israel. Michael Bennet Jon Ossoff Bernie Sanders Brian Schatz Adam Schiff Elissa Slotkin Ron Wyden NO: Blumenthal, Rosen, Schumer Says a lot about the political shift happening
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Indivisible âđ
about 3 hours ago
Yet again, Senate Republicans (and their colleague Fetterman) have blocked Democratsâ legislation aimed at stopping Trumpâs illegal war on Iran. Email your senators and urge them to keep fighting (or let them know how you feel about their latest betrayal):
act.indivisible.org/sign/no-iran...
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Senate votes down restraining Trump on Iran after Fetterman crosses Democrats again
Democrat resolution fails as GOP Senate caucus remains in near lockstep support of Iran war
https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/us-politics/senate-fetterman-war-powers-iran-b2958470.html
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Matthew Segal
about 7 hours ago
MONTANA SUPREME COURT: âTransgender discrimination is, by its very nature, sex discrimination,â and is subject to strict scrutiny under the Montana Constitution.
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Dominique Baker
about 5 hours ago
Got asked an ideology question during my talk at Chicago and shared that my first question is always "Which viewpoints are y'all looking for? Folks who say I'm not human because I'm Black?" Say it with your whole chest.
www.thecrimson.com/article/2026...
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Harvard Asks Donors to Endow $10 Million Professorships for âViewpoint Diversityâ Initiative | News | The Harvard Crimson
Harvard is quietly asking donors for $10 million gifts to establish new endowed professorships in a sweeping bid to reshape its faculty under the banner of âviewpoint diversity,â according to two peop...
https://www.thecrimson.com/article/2026/4/15/harvard-donors-viewpoint-diversity/
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Jess McLaughlin, PhD (they/them)
about 5 hours ago
On campus, seeing vending machines suddenly always being out of stock, especially of things like pop-tarts and trail mix. Suggests students/staff are skipping more expensive meals from the campus restaurants for cheaper options.
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Parker Molloy
about 10 hours ago
DoorDash's head of public affairs said "no one is claiming it was a real delivery." I found a few people who were claiming that: Reuters, ABC, CBS, the AP, Fox, Newsmax, The Hill, the New York Post, and CSPAN, for starters.
www.readtpa.com/p/a-real-del...
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A Real Delivery
DoorDashâs head of public affairs said on Tuesday that âno one is claiming it was a real delivery.â You wouldn't know it from the media coverage.
https://www.readtpa.com/p/a-real-delivery
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Marijo Cook
about 14 hours ago
Black Lives Matter.
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what a wildly unpredictable outcome! who ever could have known?!!
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see âtransgender miceâ
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick
1 day ago
This is horrific. A U.S. citizen describes the facility in Arizona that her husband was brought to while he waited to be put on a deportation flight. Dozens of people were crammed into tiny cells, there was a "chain of people vomiting" from filthy toilets, no medical care, and only one meal per day.
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Maggie Harrison Dupré
about 14 hours ago
NEW: A new pre-print study offers the first causal evidence that outsourcing reasoning tasks to AI can rapidly erode users' independent performance AND their will to persist despite difficulty. "Peopleâs persistence drops... theyâre also not willing to try without AI.â
futurism.com/artificial-i...
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AI Use Appears to Have a "Boiling Frog" Effect on Human Cognition, New Study Warns
A new study claims to offer the first causal link between AI dependency and cognitive erosion. Researchers warn of long-term implications.
https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/ai-boiling-frog-human-cognition-study
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Dr. NerdLove
about 2 months ago
This guy (
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Shaun Manning
about 14 hours ago
Yeah, Mackenzie Scott is a fascinating case. She is literally ignoring the SOPs of philanthropy in order to give away wealth as quickly and efficiently as possible and sheâs still getting richer. At her level it is impossible not to make money. Tax billionaires, A LOT.
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Kevin M. Kruse
about 14 hours ago
Easiest prediction in the world.
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Chris Curtis
about 15 hours ago
Absolutely righteous fire in here. âWe certainly have an ambitious President and an ambitious Supreme Court. We certainly don't have an ambitious Congress. That fecklessness has costs that [âŠ] we (and this Committee) ignore at not only at our peril, but at the increasing peril of the rule of law.â
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fuck these fascist fuckers (#?????)
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Matthew Boedy
2 days ago
The short thread:
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brian nam-sonenstein
3 days ago
this is what i meant weeks ago when i said so much of the aggressive surge in migrant policing felt like a boundary test, where a period of highly visible violence would eventually recede in favor of less visible and more "professionalized" migrant policing at a level beyond its baseline pre-trump.
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Greg Pak
2 days ago
This is honestly a fucking assault on democracy.
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John Pfaff
1 day ago
Why "tough on crime" isn't about being tough on crime, but tough on people, in one simple graph. ALL sorts of other government services--the ones conservative pols denigrate while wrapping themselves in Blue Lives Matter flags--play a huge role in keeping us safe. AND healthy, educated, etc.
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this guy sucks
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David Slack
2 days ago
For decades, men from Milwaukee voided even the appearance of cannibalism. Jeffery Dahmer is taking a different approach.
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Le Cagle
1 day ago
I am extremely pro-vaccine and trust the science, but I don't know how I would answer this question! It is a double-barrelled question! If a student brought me this in a draft survey, I'd be like, star is a shape, so close, try again!
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Julian Sanchez
2 days ago
Slightly maddening when serious news outlets drag everyone down to Trumpâs level by using language like âfeudâ as if itâs some reality TV spat. Pope Leo delivered a moral critique of American military aggression. That is not âfeudingâ even if Trump responded with a deranged personal attack.
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2 days ago
Embroidered book covers, fashionable in the 16th and 17th century, the art of embroidering unique covers for books saw a comeback in late 19th-century England, via the Arts and Crafts movement.#womensart
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More Perfect Union
2 days ago
A new report from the University of California shows that the state's decision to raise the minimum wage for fast food workers to $20/hr didnât hurt jobs, or raise prices much. Data from over 2,000 restaurants shows that the $20/hr minimum wage didnât reduce employment. /1
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UC Berkeley study finds employment held steady â and only pennies were added to menu prices.
https://capitalandmain.com/despite-apocalyptic-warnings-california-fast-food-wage-hike-didnt-kill-jobs
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cryling.art đđ Comms Open
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It's giving, "We don't want anybody who is struggling in any way to have a good life. We want to control your needs and keep you miserable so our charity makes us feel better than you because remember...you need our help." I say that as someone who grew up on food stamps and visiting food banks.
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Moby Dick
2 days ago
there is no folly of the beasts of the earth which is not infinitely outdone by the madness of men
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ACLU
2 days ago
The Constitution and a court order both say that the Everglades detention facility must allow people access to their attorneys. Instead of complying, guards are cutting off peopleâs phone access and beating people who speak up.
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Alligator Alcatraz phones were cut off. Then the beatings began, court docs say
Attorneys say the Trump and DeSantis administrations are disregarding a court order requiring access to phones and attorneys for detainees.
https://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/immigration/article315375364.html
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Ryan Mac đ
2 days ago
new communities like... *checks notes* women
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Elizabeth Jacobs, PhD
2 days ago
The USDA is going to use Elon Muskâs Grok for a myriad of functions, including âscientific researchâ. I canât see any potential drawbacks to using a bigot-coded AI that is fed and watered by scientific misinformation at the joint that oversees food safety. /s
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Grok-maker xAI gets USDA backing in pursuit of FedRAMP High authorization
The company behind the controversial generative AI tool wants to continue building adoption momentum as usage spreads across federal agencies.
https://fedscoop.com/grok-xai-fedramp-high-authorization-usda/
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my mom spent the yrs btwn the Camp Fire (2017) to retirement working at a small network of live-in facilities for intellectually disabled adults. a midwestern (iirc) hospital conglomerate bought the company out in ~2021; patient care and treatment of staff took a DIVE that never got better. for $.
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Endless Screaming
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Prisonculture
2 days ago
The country's descent into fascism cannot be understood without interrogating U.S. policing. But folks across the political spectrum are allergic to this so here we are.
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me, 2006: what the fuck, capitalism? me, 2026: what theâŠfuck capitalism!
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Alexander Chee
2 days ago
Not the first time even.
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
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This woman is a handpicked Trump supporter from Arkansas and she is less anti-trans than the median Atlantic columnist
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Rachel Maddow
2 days ago
"Oregon's Democratic Governor Tina Kotek signed eight bills into law defending immigrant rights, as the Trump administration ramps up federal immigration enforcement..."
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Oregon governor signs slew of bills protecting immigrants amid federal crackdown
By Mia Maldonado, Oregon Capital Chronicle SALEM, Ore. -- Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek signed eight bills into law Thursday defending immigrant rights as the Trump administration ramps up federal immigratio...
https://ktvz.com/news/government-politics/2026/04/10/oregon-governor-signs-slew-of-bills-protecting-immigrants-amid-federal-crackdown/
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