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Former Planetary Geo | scifi + fantasy writer | disabled (ME/CFS and nerve dmg) | Demi/ace demigirl. ttrpg yellin'. 3 stacked dice goblins. Picrew by ummmmandy on tumblr (she/her) 31

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick@reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 7h ago

Incredible. First Secretary Mullin claimed that DHS had identified 15,903 noncitizens on Nevada’s voter roll. Then DHS officials told a skeptical Nevada, no no no, that’s just people we flagged. Here are the names of 185 people we KNOW aren’t citizens. All 185 were citizens. DHS got 100% wrong.

When the Department of Homeland Security sent Nevada a list of 185 names last month that it claimed identified noncitizens who had been improperly allowed to register to vote, state election officials got to work. On Tuesday, the state sent a strongly worded rebuke to the federal government: Every single person on the list was a lawful citizen. "As for the 185 individuals, our records indicate that they were citizens," Greg D. Ott, a deputy attorney general in Nevada, wrote, according to a copy of a letter sent to Department of Homeland Security officials obtained through open records requests. "You have provided nothing of substance to suggest otherwise."Following the meeting, Ms. Vogt sent a clarifying email to Nevada officials. "I also wanted to be sure I clarified that we did not reduce the 15,903 to 185," she wrote. "We've manually reviewed some of the 15,903 and confirmed 185 are not U.S. Citizens." Now, Nevada officials are saying even that 185 number is wrong. They also took issue with a letter D.H.S. sent them in early September, in which the agency reiterated its initial claims about nearly 16,000 noncitizens on the rolls and pressured state officials to review each case in a letter to Nevada officials in early September.
Ryan Goodman@rgoodlaw.bsky.social · 7h ago

From 16,000 to 185 to Zero: Trump’s Claims of Illegal Voting in Nevada Fizzle. "The state sent a strongly worded rebuke to the federal government: Every single person on the list was a lawful citizen."

Sarah McAnulty, Ph.D.@sarahmackattack.bsky.social · yesterday

Can't make it this weekend? Contact Josh Shaprio's Office Phone:717-787-2500 And Mayor Parker's Office Phone Phone: (215) 686-2181 City council is with us. Drexel thinks we're going to give up. Leadership thinks this will just blow over and they can cash out. Do not let that happen.

Sarah McAnulty, Ph.D.@sarahmackattack.bsky.social · yesterday

Attention Philly Families! It is critical that we show Drexel and city government that our enthusiasm for the Academy of Natural Sciences is going strong! Bring your kids, friends, & neighbors down to the parkway on Saturday from 2-6pm. It's a kid-friendly rally to support the academy!

dinosaurs and bugs happily party together at the Save the Academy family rally. Saturday September 26, 2-6pm 1900 ben Franklin parkway, come dressed as your favorite dinosaur, insect, animal, or just yourself! There's a duck billed dino, a triceratops, a brachiosaurus, a pterodactyl, a millipede, dragonfly, and beetle!
Conrail Twitty@grenadine.bsky.social · 12h ago

As someone descended from an old radical who def had an fbi file it is UNREAL to me that they’re like “yeah it’s a bug you carry around with you that is always recording and pretends to be your friend and think for you ! This is a product you should want”

Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · yesterday

“People with knowledge of the device, who declined to be named discussing the product, describe it as a ‘holdable’ rather than a wearable. That means it’s a small, dedicated device that people can pick up and talk to throughout the day.” 🙄

Elliot Forhan (he/him)@forhanforohio.bsky.social · 11h ago

Kaptur, Acton and Brown should check out how taking a centrist approach on trans issues worked out for Keir Starmer. @erininthemorning.com www.erininthemorning.com/p/starmers-r...

Starmer's Resignation And Labour's Collapse Shows Why Democrats Must Avoid Abandoning Trans People

Throwing trans people under the bus will not help the party.

erininthemorning.com

The Rooster@rooster.info · 12h ago

The sad reality is that progressive backlash against Marcy Kaptur’s transphobic ads is the kind of advertising that money can’t buy in her R+11 district that includes the most conservative part of the state. www.rooster.info/p/marcy-kapt...

Hillary Monahan@hillarymonahan.bsky.social · 8h ago

If you are a dem willing to throw trans people under the bus BEFORE THE PRIMARIES EVEN HAPPEN, you are NOT an ally, you are NOT a good person, you are a walking talking self interest and unwelcome here. LGBTQIA+ with the T. Emphatically. Forever.

soleil ho@soleilho.com · 8h ago

in which I get real pissy about Newsom enabling the Paramount merger, vetoing protections for abortion & gender affirming care providers, and pulling policy fakeout after fakeout while acting like he's the saving grace of the left

COYOTE@coyotemedia.org · 8h ago

Gavin Newsom, who has spent the past year courting billionaires and the right wing, is "a political juker — an advocate for nothing but his own ambitions as the Democrats’ best boy," writes @soleilho.com. www.coyotemedia.org/what-is-the-...

Jess McLaughlin, PhD (they/them)@jfmclaughlin92.bsky.social · 8h ago

The sheer contempt I have for these dipshits and their insistence we should join them in their willfull and gleeful ignorance is beyond articulation

Matt Ford@mford.bsky.social · 9h ago

Ezra Klein asked Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang about AI making kids worse at math and reading. Huang’s reply: “Does it matter?” Then he said he doesn’t know his own address or phone number. “We’re going to lose some fine intellectual dexterity.” www.nytimes.com/2026/09/23/o...

So the message of this research out of China, where you were seeing a lot of kids using A.I. to help them, was that when they were using the A.I., they were getting things done faster. But it turned out that the skills they were learning were not holding, that their actual personal performance, at least in the way we traditionally measure it, was degrading. What do you think when you hear that? The last part — I completely agree. Try to get a kid to do long division right now. The multiplication table is starting to be forgotten. Doing square roots, my goodness. Basic math is being forgotten. Does it matter? That’s my question for you. Yeah. I don’t think it does. I don’t think it does. But there must be some set of skills that matter. Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah. But maybe not those. We’re going to discover new ones. Just maybe not those. There are a lot of skills that don’t matter. My first confession, I actually don’t know my address.
Erin Reed@erininthemorning.com · 8h ago

The Congressional Equality Caucus has released the following statement in response to our story indicating they will not back candidates who "scapegoat transgender people." Kaptur does not appear as of this morning on their endorsed list. Several who took the same vote as her still do, sadly.

“Equality PAC is proud to support LGBTQ candidates and allies to build Pro-Equality Majorities capable of passing critical legislation like the Equality Act. We will always work with Members of Congress and candidates to educate them on issues affecting the LGBTQ community and deepen their understanding of the challenges our community faces. The Members and allies we support come from communities across the country, and we recognize that serving in Congress, particularly in a Republican-controlled Congress, can require Members to take difficult votes. We recognize that no Member will agree with us on every vote, and that is part of the legislative process. We must not lose the art of persuasion, and it is imperative that we continue to welcome “imperfect allies” to facilitate meaningful and lasting change for the LGBTQ community. But there is a clear line: we will not accept candidates or Members using Republican rhetoric that actively harms members of our community—particularly transgender Americans, who have been the target of sustained attacks from the Trump Administration. Campaigns can be won without scapegoating transgender people. Equality PAC will not support any candidate who chooses to campaign by targeting or demonizing members of the transgender community. Americans deserve candidates who are focused on the issues that matter most to working families: lowering costs, protecting access to health care, and holding the Trump Administration accountable for its corrupt actions. Our goal is to build a Congress that fights for the rights of every member of the LGBTQ community and delivers results on the issues that matter most to families across America. Regarding our support for Frontline Members of Congress: the graphic featured in our newsletter was created by the DCCC and was intended to highlight the full slate of Frontline Democrats heading into the midterms. Its inclusion does not indicate that Equality PAC is supporting every candidate featured in…
Erin Reed@erininthemorning.com · 23h ago

Equality PAC, the campaigning arm of the Congressional Equality Caucus, announced its endorsement of Marcy Kaptur and other anti-trans Dems days after political ads targeting trans people. Even the LGBTQ+ congressional caucus is throwing trans people aside. Subscribe to support our journalism.

absolute horses@jcoglan.com · 16h ago

the reporting on this stuff is a form of pareidolia. all this is explicable by a set of automatons stochastically exploring a state space and host environment with whatever predictive capacity an LLM affords them. absolutely no intent is required, they do not "know" what they are doing

Ketan Joshi@ketanjoshi.co · 17h ago

It is a huge shame to see so much language attributing agency, intent and thought to a software program, when all that should be attributed to the humans who designed a dangerously clumsy and broken looping LLM. Means the companies won't be held accountable for designing a bad product

Brian Jay Jones@brianjayjones.com · 8h ago

Jim Henson would have been 90 (yup, you read that right: NINETY) years old today. You can celebrate his life by celebrating creativity, diversity, peace, imagination, and silliness.

A tuxedoed Jim Henson sits in a sea of Muppets.
Cait✦May @ ❄️BLIZZCON!❄️@caitmayart.com · 7h ago

Our sciences and our shared history are under attack - but we can make a difference. Help the Academy of Natural Sciences in Philly save their museum by signing their petition and raising awareness: save-the-academy.org Time isn't up yet, let's #SaveTheAcademy @savetheacademy.bsky.social

Save the Academy of Natural Sciences

Don't mourn — organize. The museum's last public day is Sunday, Sept 27. Ten things you can do today.

save-the-academy.org

Celeste Headlee@celesteheadlee.bsky.social · 10h ago

So, Banksy bought a used yacht, repaired it and retrofitted it to serve as a rescue boat to save migrants in the central Mediterranean. The whole project cost the artist $860,000. Since 2020, the boat has saved more than 3,800 people. londondaily.com/banksy-funds...

Banksy funds refugee rescue boat operating in Mediterranean - London Daily

Exclusive: UK artist finances bright pink motor yacht that set sail in secrecy to avoid being intercepted by authorities

londondaily.com