It's so weird, because--and I know I'm a broken record on this--I was told in no uncertain terms this would not be happening, by one of the NYT's brightest stars.

DC Council@councilofdc.bsky.social · 8h ago

This is clearly not acceptable

Oh, and Pete Hegseth announced a live-streamed execution by firing squad.

Marisa Kabas@marisakabas.bsky.social · 11h ago

In the span of one week, Tennessee tried and failed to execute Christa Pike, Texas carried out the execution of Jamaal Howard, and Curtis Flowers—a man who spent 22+ years on Mississippi's death row for a wrongful conviction and was finally released in 2019—passed away at 56. This country, man.

Arms trade with Israel is immoral and illegal.

The BDS movement calls on unions and civil society groups in France to take immediate action.

BREAKING: This is a major win, but the fight isn't over. The military cargo is now due to depart onboard an El Al flight from Charles de Gaulle Airport in Paris on Saturday, 10 October.

Canada doing its best to catch up with our southern cousins!

Rachel Gilmore@rachelgilmore.bsky.social · yesterday

The Liberals and Conservatives teamed up again today — funny how that keeps happening — to get Bill C-39 over the hurdle of its first vote. The massive, 243-page bill bulldozes environmental protections, Indigenous rights and attacks the right to strike. Here's what this means:

this actually gets at what is at the root of a lot of this- these are people with creative dreams and no creative talent so they have turned their holy grail into the ability to vampire other ppls work into a thing they can take home to mommy and claim credit for

Bugs, Yaoist@bugsmaytrix.bsky.social · yesterday

maybe i'm old fashion but the coolest thing about video games is being taken to new worlds that i hadn't thought up and experiencing something exciting that the artists behind the game want to show me

the Irish government continues to cater for the AI industry while ignoring independent experts, impacted communities, and CSOs "Prominent speaking slots at the event will feature US AI firms Google, Microsoft & OpenAI, with Meta, IBM, Intel, Nvidia, Amazon, Anthropic & AMD represented on panels"

Liz Carolan@lizcarolan.com · 13h ago

Irish Gov is hosting its "International AI Summit" next week Even I was surprised by how industry heavy is it 83% of speakers are corporates, 0 independent experts, 1 union rep I'm not explicit about this in the piece -but- surely this is, at best, tone deaf? www.techpolicy.press/at-irelands-...

I'm interested in why some people believe that "abolishing ICE" is possible but defunding policing is not.

"What are we, a bunch of BROWN people?" This is white people doing white people shit. Y'all had picnics under our hanging bodies but sure ok. It's like the Taliban.

Eric Levai@ericlevai.bsky.social · 22h ago

Now THIS is how you write a story. Devastating.

"The last thing I did is the report on Gaza naming what is happening there as genocide. One of the main reactions to that report [was] paying tribute to me for my courage.. why would you need courage to speak the truth?" Navi Pillay upon winning the 2026 Nobel peace prize

One reason social mobilization resonates at such scale in France is that the symbolism, imaginary and celebration of the revolution is so deeply rooted in the nation's political culture and DNA. And a student mobilization is particularly dangerous because they can stay out there a long time. 🤣

French student protesters vow to keep up their fight after scoring first win

The protests have snowballed into a wider movement, with more university students weighing in to express their anger over what they call a dysfunctional system.

reuters.com

literal lol

Adam Serwer@adamserwer.bsky.social · 15h ago

Deeply American sentence (from Davy Crockett’s wikipedia page)

"Growth for the sake of Growth is the ideology of the cancer cell” Edward Abbey quote poster spotted in Carlton, Victoria

Anthropic banning “abusive or cruel behavior” toward Claude in its new usage policies is proof to me that tech companies are going to moderate violence against AI before they ever moderate violence against women and minorities

Iowa city council debates proper time in meeting agenda to "undo the curse that was just put on our city."

'It Is Done. Hail Satan:' City Immediately Regrets New Religious Liberty Law That Allows Prayer at City Council Meeting

Iowa city council debates proper time in meeting agenda to "undo the curse that was just put on our city."

404media.co

A new Handbook of Evolutionary Psychology has just been published, in which it is claimed that the human species is polytypic: not only is race biologically meaningful but the races are distinct enough to be considered subspecies. Published by Elgar. In 2026.

Here’s what I do know. If someone white was doing half the stuff Blacksky has done in the last year, they’d be lauded as one of the most forward thinking and innovative people on the planet. But it just shows how progress is always happening, especially in places where folks don’t want to look

"Non-use is the default because we want use to be an intentional decision, reached through a reflexive process." This is a good policy document. More institutions / departments need to articulate explicit guidelines like this.

Dr Abeba Birhane@abeba.blacksky.app · yesterday

we have a policy for the use of genAI at the @aial.ie. we reflect on values key to scientific integrity, such as replicability, and err on the side of not using it blogpost: aial.ie/blog/gen-ai-... pdf: zenodo.org/records/2322...

First (and heavy handed) police charges. via @LucAuffret

Gas plants for U.S. data centres: bsky.app/profile/cono... Undermining of emissions progress to date: www.nationalobserver.com/2026/07/13/a... Both, alone, completely undermine and outway any electrification planned and 'environmental protection' greenwashing.

Surging gas power emissions and policy rollbacks are erasing Canada’s biggest climate win

As key clean electricity policies get rolled back, emissions from cheap and dirty gas power are becoming unstoppable. Here’s a chart-filled deep dive into Canada’s surging gas power emissions and the ...

nationalobserver.com

Conor Curtis@conorcurtis.bsky.social · last mo.

Why would we want have to data centres here in Canada for the likes of Meta, Microsoft etc. - U.S. corporations - if the goal was to build a sovereign data system: bsky.app/profile/cono... U.S. tech companies - see Apple & Google renaming Lake Ontario for Trump - clearly cannot be trusted. #CDNpoli

US policy is: if you’re smart, don’t come, and if you’re already here, leave.

Nature@nature.com · yesterday

International students in the US would face a $100,000 price tag to work a science job in the country after graduation under a proposal made public yesterday by the Trump administration go.nature.com/4AWqQi8

I just came across this today when @tressiemcphd.bsky.social posted it on Instagram. I’m sharing it with my statistics students, some of whom clearly used AI on their first homework. My TAs and I will not police AI use, and this is why I’m giving an in-class midterm and final for the first time.

Isle McElroy@islemcelroy.bsky.social · 3w ago

I start teaching at the Columbia mfa today. Here’s the AI statement from my syllabus. Feel free to borrow.

We have reached an unthinkable milestone: three years of genocide.

reading this, recalling how quickly the killing of Minnesota Rep. Melissa Hortman slipped out of the news

Congressional candidate is raped while repairing her campaign signs

Embarrassed, she initially didn’t want to report attack. Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office's investigation is ongoing.

phoenixnewtimes.com

This is sexual violence as a form of terrorism. It is political violence and it is chilling and horrific, and AOC was absolutely right to be terrified that the goons (now pardoned) laying siege to the capital would rape her if they found her. Small changes won't fix this. FLIP THE TABLE NOW

public health guy@publichealthguy1.bsky.social · 2d ago

oh my GOD

A lot of people will believe them because they will be highly propagandized to do so. They are buying every communication platform up with their billions.

The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 2d ago

They think we’re all idiots As Jon Stewart says — if the goal is guaranteed income and jobs, why wait? Why is it only “socialism” if we don’t hand them trillions of dollars first?

“harry potter is my comfort series” they’re killing kids, Barabara.

Immigration and Customs Enforcement leadership told agents nationwide to increase immigration arrests by 1,000 more people daily, returning to a previous goal of 3,000 daily arrests, according to two sources familiar with the verbal directive. https://cnn.it/4zgcsQc

People do not understand how men who are white supremacists can have wives who are women of color and I need folks to realize that those men see their wives as subordinate property and not equals. These men are foaming at the mouth to bring back quadroon balls.