Mayor Mamdani confirms he has received his high-level federal security clearance. “I have my security clearance now," he says in Brooklyn. This comes after @elizabethkim.bsky.social reported earlier this month that the feds still hadn't approved his clearance: gothamist.com/news/mayor-m...

Mayor Mamdani still waiting on federal security clearance 8 months into office

Former officials, including ex-Mayor de Blasio, said it is crucially important for Mamdani to have the clearance.

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Ummmm…

Florida problems: when you come home after a long day of teaching & a dr. appointment and grab a bag of popcorn from the counter but don’t realize a lizard is on the underside so now you have a lizard in your hand. 🦎Too tired to even scream. cc: @stacyparkerlemelle.bsky.social

Amid outcry, NY prosecutors have reopened the criminal investigation into the 7 Cornell gang rapists, a case that was covered up 2 years ago. These assholes would’ve been punished if they had written “free Palestine” instead of “free p*ssy.” Cornell leadership should be investigated too.

I heard through the grapevine that Sen. Eric Schmitt has 18 staffers on his legislative team: 17 men and one woman. The woman on his staff deals exclusively with foreign policy, which means today's disaster during the hearing was all by conservative men who don't know sports.

The Star Spangled Banner being played by the Mariachi Herencia de Mexico band before the Bears-Eagles game in Chicago on Monday Night Football was a deeply cool thing to see tonight

"gas prices have risen more in red states"

The legendary defenders of women's sports don't know the difference between Caitlin Clark's Iowa Hawkeyes and the Atlanta Hawks. Just putting that one out there.

I know Rahm Emanuel. I worked with him for years in the Clinton administration, and then when he was Obama’s chief of staff. Rahm Emanuel represents everything that’s been wrong about the Democratic Party for the last 30+ years. Be warned. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/the-rahm-bomb

GoFundMe was a lot more effective when it was called taxes.

Yeah, I'm already tired of the centrist/media Rahmmentum being foisted on us.

Kevin Allman@kevinallman.bsky.social · 2w ago

Ha ha — just saw the flaccid Louisiana Democratic Party is hosting a talk with Rahm Emanuel (!!!!). It’s not even passively useless; it’s actively useless.

this gaffe should follow Eric Schmitt around for the rest of his political life (Jack Smith was actually in Maryland at a HAWKEYES game, not in Atlanta colluding with Fani Willis as Schmitt alleged) (Win McNamee/Getty)

Despite one call to the police suggesting one of the deaths may be related to some form of overdose, there is no evidence yet available suggesting that the kratom recovered from both scenes was the cause of the deaths. www.mississippifreepress.org/2-university...

2 University of Mississippi Students Found Dead, Causes of Death Unknown

Two University of Mississippi students were found dead in separate incidents on Sept. 21. Causes of death for each student are pending.

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Oh.

Karl Bode@karlbode.com · 2w ago

Meta's "Muse" launched with a nasty zero day flaw that gave hackers the ability to spy on Mac users, openly gives root access to people pretending to be Muse agents, and invited strangers over to another guy's house without telling him

I literally don’t know a single woman who hasn’t been raped, stalked, groped, harassed, or sexually violated in some way at some point in their life. If you choose to doubt and dox survivors, just know every woman in your life is disgusted by you.

www.nytimes.com/2026/09/29/b...

Trump Administration Prepares to Ask Tax Filers if They Are U.S. Citizens (Gift Article)

The new question, included on a draft version of the primary tax form, comes as part of an anti-immigrant turn at an agency that long prioritized tax administration.

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“Given this appalling response from university administration, I have no choice but to declare a new policy directive…implementing an immediate moratorium on all student event & special event permits, including, but not limited to Greek life.” - Mayor of Ithaca, actually doin’ shit

Ithaca Mayor responds to reopened sexual assault case

ITHACA, N.Y. (WETM) – Robert G. Cantelmo, Mayor of Ithaca, has issued a statement on suspending Greek life at Cornell University until certain official procedures are put into place. Below is the s…

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AI doesn’t think. It produces text from preloaded information. That’s it, not sentient. Thank you for coming to my Ted Talk.

An adult bear popped open a parked car in Gatlinburg, and the whole family piled in for a little retail therapy. They raided the car, grabbed what they could, then dumped the loot in the parking lot.

This is my take as well. If you create a car that spontaneously accelerates because of how it’s designed, nobody says the car went rogue. You, who designed and sold the car, are on the hook. It’s not everybody else’s problem. Can’t keep it from spontaneously accelerating? Don’t sell it.

Courtney Milan@courtneymilan.com · 3w ago

Look, we know for fucking sure that my dog is sapient and also unpredictable and it turns out of he mauls someone I’m liable and he can be put down.

This is why more women don't come forward, and why more rapists aren't jailed. Because mostly-male cops and prosecutors find it more believable that a 20-yr-old would want to have sex with a room full of fraternity brothers than accept she was raped. What ever happened to common fucking sense?

Carrying That Weight—Again

I can’t stop thinking about the Cornell rape case

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THAT IS NOT THE SAME THING AS SAYING AN ASSAULT WAS CONSENSUAL

I was totally baffled by this—I thought maybe I missed something. Because why would she go to police if she said it was all consensual? It turns out the DA was playing language games: Doe described what happened to her, and *prosecutors* made a legal determination that what happened wasn’t a crime.

Please don't give the DA reopening the Cornell case any cookies. District Attorney Matthew Van Houten all but called Jane Doe a liar today. He said that in Doe's initial statement, she described "her participation in drug use and sexual conduct as voluntary, conscious, and consensual.” CONSENSUAL

God I love Angie Nixon. I hope she wins

this is legitimately very funny

BeshearStan@beshearstan.bsky.social · 3w ago

God I love Angie Nixon. I hope she wins

Cornell Denies That Defendants in Alleged Chi Phi Gang Rape Only Wrote Essays, Confirms Expulsions via The Cornell Daily Sun www.cornellsun.com/article/2026...

Cornell Denies That Defendants in Alleged Chi Phi Gang Rape Only Wrote Essays, Confirms Expulsions

Cornell has denied that essay-writing was the “sole consequence” offered by the University to defendants in the alleged 2024 Chi Phi gang rape, according to a Monday morning statement by Kyle Kimball,...

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This thread is an essential read:

Nicole Bedera@nbedera.bsky.social · 3w ago

The main reason you haven’t heard about campus sexual violence in a few years is because Trump and SCOTUS have made it much, much harder for survivors to come forward. You might vaguely remember that Title IX was a big battleground in his first term. And that we lost.

the humans who moderate chatbots say they're inundated with people trying to generate nonconsensual nudes: www.404media.co/humans-readi...

Humans Are Reading Copilot Prompts — And They're Horrified

Human contractors are reviewing Copilot users’ prompts and uploaded images, according to internal documents obtained by 404 Media. The contractors are also bombarded with users’ requests for sexual AI...

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Okay Leo is still making me begrudgingly like him. Previous popes have treated the healing-based events as opportunities to prey on vulnerable sick and disabled people and their families, but he used it as a moment to disavow the language of eugenics.