Bianca Foltan
@bfoltan.bsky.social
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"Careful - don't want to get on the 80 side of an 80-20 issue"
Fail. (Big piece on this tomorrow.) www.politico.com/news/2026/09...
Democratic advisers are warning their candidates not to go too hard at AI
Democratic consultants are warning their candidates in some key races not to lean into AI regulations out of fear that powerful tech groups could spend heavily against them.
www.politico.com
September 17, 2026 at 10:31 PM
"Careful - don't want to get on the 80 side of an 80-20 issue"
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I cannot tell you how wrong this is. I’m an author and a library worker.
Ebook lending gets people to READ. People who can’t go into libraries because people love airborne infectious diseases these days. People who can’t hold a traditional book up. People whose schedules don’t align with open hours
Ebook lending gets people to READ. People who can’t go into libraries because people love airborne infectious diseases these days. People who can’t hold a traditional book up. People whose schedules don’t align with open hours
Publishers have gotten the Authors' Guild to back up their anti-Library ebook rhetoric again. Authors, please come get your gal: www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...
Study Says Library E-book Lending Hurts Industry Sales
Amid new attempts by states to legislate e-book agreements between publishers and libraries, a new report from the AAP and Authors Guild found that increased e-book lending at libraries is threatening...
www.publishersweekly.com
September 17, 2026 at 3:33 PM
I cannot tell you how wrong this is. I’m an author and a library worker.
Ebook lending gets people to READ. People who can’t go into libraries because people love airborne infectious diseases these days. People who can’t hold a traditional book up. People whose schedules don’t align with open hours
Ebook lending gets people to READ. People who can’t go into libraries because people love airborne infectious diseases these days. People who can’t hold a traditional book up. People whose schedules don’t align with open hours
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Every day, the stories from the UK read like a dystopian novel.
September 17, 2026 at 3:44 PM
Every day, the stories from the UK read like a dystopian novel.
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Oh my god he admit it
www.msn.com/en-us/techno...
www.msn.com/en-us/techno...
September 17, 2026 at 10:31 PM
Oh my god he admit it
www.msn.com/en-us/techno...
www.msn.com/en-us/techno...
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STOP LISTENING TO THE DEMOCRATIC CONSULTANT CLASS
Fail. (Big piece on this tomorrow.) www.politico.com/news/2026/09...
Democratic advisers are warning their candidates not to go too hard at AI
Democratic consultants are warning their candidates in some key races not to lean into AI regulations out of fear that powerful tech groups could spend heavily against them.
www.politico.com
September 17, 2026 at 11:09 PM
STOP LISTENING TO THE DEMOCRATIC CONSULTANT CLASS
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This is so important for so many movements (including the climate movement). If you read one thing this week, let it be this. Also, I just bought a bunch of books! Thanks, @chanda.blacksky.app!
The Spectrum of Allies is Better than Pessimistic Binaries
A theory and tool that can help you rethink the work head
news.chanda.science
September 17, 2026 at 5:14 PM
This is so important for so many movements (including the climate movement). If you read one thing this week, let it be this. Also, I just bought a bunch of books! Thanks, @chanda.blacksky.app!
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It's actually extremely bad that congressional reps are paid less today than a baby new grad software engineer made in their first year (well, year and a day so their first year of stock vested) out of college 15 years ago. It's a big part of *why* the corruption became normalized!
September 17, 2026 at 3:47 PM
It's actually extremely bad that congressional reps are paid less today than a baby new grad software engineer made in their first year (well, year and a day so their first year of stock vested) out of college 15 years ago. It's a big part of *why* the corruption became normalized!
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Interesting that they don’t apply “we’re not smart enough to regulate this” to, for example, abortion.
Rick Scott: "With regard to destroying mankind, these companies need to do the right thing on their own. We're not going to get smart enough to regulate them. We're not going to get something done up here."
September 17, 2026 at 7:56 PM
Interesting that they don’t apply “we’re not smart enough to regulate this” to, for example, abortion.
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September 17, 2026 at 8:04 PM
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Again, bigots will never choose bigotry-lite over the real thing. You're not going to win them but you're going to drive away people who otherwise would have voted for you.
And this year -- when voters most of all want "a fighter" in Congress -- running ads about how you will not fight is idiotic.
And this year -- when voters most of all want "a fighter" in Congress -- running ads about how you will not fight is idiotic.
"No one is going to vote for a Democrat because they came out for a trans sports ban. No one is on the fence being like, "If they just came out for a trans sports ban, then I would vote for them. I don't think that person exists," says @evanurquhart.bsky.social. newrepublic.com/article/2154...
September 17, 2026 at 7:33 PM
Again, bigots will never choose bigotry-lite over the real thing. You're not going to win them but you're going to drive away people who otherwise would have voted for you.
And this year -- when voters most of all want "a fighter" in Congress -- running ads about how you will not fight is idiotic.
And this year -- when voters most of all want "a fighter" in Congress -- running ads about how you will not fight is idiotic.
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I wonder what happens at level eight.
September 17, 2026 at 7:35 PM
I wonder what happens at level eight.
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When will the people who argued in April 2025 that Democrats should stay silent on immigration own up to being frankly just disastrously wrong about the politics of mass deportations? Their punditry basically bordered on enablement
Florida GOP Rep. Maria Elvira Salazar to Trump: "Mr. President, some of your immigration enforcement efforts have gone too far ... The same Hispanics who helped you get to the White House in 2024 feel betrayed today"
September 17, 2026 at 3:02 PM
When will the people who argued in April 2025 that Democrats should stay silent on immigration own up to being frankly just disastrously wrong about the politics of mass deportations? Their punditry basically bordered on enablement
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Literally the two dumbest motherfuckers I’ve EVER heard of are the richest guy in the world and the President, but my smart and cool friends doubt themselves every day.
Your insecurities are fake. Your hang-ups are fake. Your limitations are fake. Go do whatever you want I promise it’s possible.
Your insecurities are fake. Your hang-ups are fake. Your limitations are fake. Go do whatever you want I promise it’s possible.
September 17, 2026 at 6:56 PM
Literally the two dumbest motherfuckers I’ve EVER heard of are the richest guy in the world and the President, but my smart and cool friends doubt themselves every day.
Your insecurities are fake. Your hang-ups are fake. Your limitations are fake. Go do whatever you want I promise it’s possible.
Your insecurities are fake. Your hang-ups are fake. Your limitations are fake. Go do whatever you want I promise it’s possible.
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Weird, she ‘moderated’ on trans rights and yet her opponent is still calling her a deranged leftist SJW. If only there was some kind of precedent for this so it could have been predicted in advance.
Marcy Kaptur is the incumbent with a 5 point polling lead so I must assume she put out this ad because this is what she believes.
September 17, 2026 at 7:18 PM
Weird, she ‘moderated’ on trans rights and yet her opponent is still calling her a deranged leftist SJW. If only there was some kind of precedent for this so it could have been predicted in advance.
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Work requirements … for … (*checks notes*) Social Security.
M'kay.
M'kay.
🚨NEWS: Vivek Ramaswamy states he would vote to "significantly constrain and attach work requirements to most of the welfare state," explicitly highlighting Social Security and Medicaid.
September 17, 2026 at 6:26 PM
Work requirements … for … (*checks notes*) Social Security.
M'kay.
M'kay.
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Trump got convicted for 34 counts with Blanche as his lawyer.
Trump: "He's represented me in the past, and he was a great lawyer -- like great great great lawyer -- and Todd Blanche is now the attorney general of the United States."
September 17, 2026 at 6:27 PM
Trump got convicted for 34 counts with Blanche as his lawyer.
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Very funny to me that people are clutching their pearls about this. You all were begging for a hyper-faithful adaptation of The Magicians' Nephew, were you? Your butts were definitely going to be in the seats for that?
EXCLUSIVE 🪩
Greta Gerwig’s Narnia: The Magician’s Nephew is a rock inspired fantasy nodding to David Bowie and The Who.
“Narnia is literally a world made out of music,” she tells Empire. “And rock ’n’ roll to me felt like a world made out of music.”
Read more: www.empireonline.com/movies/news/...
Greta Gerwig’s Narnia: The Magician’s Nephew is a rock inspired fantasy nodding to David Bowie and The Who.
“Narnia is literally a world made out of music,” she tells Empire. “And rock ’n’ roll to me felt like a world made out of music.”
Read more: www.empireonline.com/movies/news/...
September 17, 2026 at 6:06 PM
Very funny to me that people are clutching their pearls about this. You all were begging for a hyper-faithful adaptation of The Magicians' Nephew, were you? Your butts were definitely going to be in the seats for that?
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this is why it's my pet peeve fake science fact. It's absolute bs! nothing happens to brains at age 25, they do not "fully mature". you will notice that many societies have an age of majority or coming-of-age or whatever and none of them have ever chosen mid-20s.
Many people seem to be confused on this point.
The GOP is passing/intro'ing bills banning GAC up to & including the age of 25 on the theory that brains don't fully mature til then.
In public they call them bans on "minor" care.
It's a deliberate GOP strategy to make themselves seem less radical.
The GOP is passing/intro'ing bills banning GAC up to & including the age of 25 on the theory that brains don't fully mature til then.
In public they call them bans on "minor" care.
It's a deliberate GOP strategy to make themselves seem less radical.
I know that in a special education setting a “Chile can be served up until they are 22 (or it used to be).
How is a person considered a minor until 25 in this situation?
How is a person considered a minor until 25 in this situation?
September 16, 2026 at 1:07 AM
this is why it's my pet peeve fake science fact. It's absolute bs! nothing happens to brains at age 25, they do not "fully mature". you will notice that many societies have an age of majority or coming-of-age or whatever and none of them have ever chosen mid-20s.
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Expanding the Supreme Court is a popular idea, pass it on
NEW POLL: 53% of Americans support expanding the Supreme Court, including majorities of both Democrats and independents.
Two weeks ago, House Dems stood united to keep that option on the table.
Happy Constitution Day! law.marquette.edu/poll/
Two weeks ago, House Dems stood united to keep that option on the table.
Happy Constitution Day! law.marquette.edu/poll/
September 17, 2026 at 5:43 PM
Expanding the Supreme Court is a popular idea, pass it on
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"Your brains stop developing at age 25" was a press misrepresentation of a study. They wanted to see if brains continued to develop after adolescence, so the study was capped at age 25.
A later study with a wider subject pool showed that brains are ALWAYS developing our whole lives.
A later study with a wider subject pool showed that brains are ALWAYS developing our whole lives.
this is why it's my pet peeve fake science fact. It's absolute bs! nothing happens to brains at age 25, they do not "fully mature". you will notice that many societies have an age of majority or coming-of-age or whatever and none of them have ever chosen mid-20s.
Many people seem to be confused on this point.
The GOP is passing/intro'ing bills banning GAC up to & including the age of 25 on the theory that brains don't fully mature til then.
In public they call them bans on "minor" care.
It's a deliberate GOP strategy to make themselves seem less radical.
The GOP is passing/intro'ing bills banning GAC up to & including the age of 25 on the theory that brains don't fully mature til then.
In public they call them bans on "minor" care.
It's a deliberate GOP strategy to make themselves seem less radical.
September 16, 2026 at 10:18 AM
"Your brains stop developing at age 25" was a press misrepresentation of a study. They wanted to see if brains continued to develop after adolescence, so the study was capped at age 25.
A later study with a wider subject pool showed that brains are ALWAYS developing our whole lives.
A later study with a wider subject pool showed that brains are ALWAYS developing our whole lives.
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The fact that this is imaginary is perfect. The whole premise is based on a fantasy that the optimal form of public education is the midpoint of a polarized society. Just split the difference between the science of climate change and the lobby of denialism.
lol at this chart and the disclaimer
September 17, 2026 at 3:54 PM
The fact that this is imaginary is perfect. The whole premise is based on a fantasy that the optimal form of public education is the midpoint of a polarized society. Just split the difference between the science of climate change and the lobby of denialism.
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If I was running for office and was asked about Hasan Piker, I would just start reciting quotes from prominent Republican streamers until they had to give that news segment a TV-MA rating.
September 17, 2026 at 5:06 PM
If I was running for office and was asked about Hasan Piker, I would just start reciting quotes from prominent Republican streamers until they had to give that news segment a TV-MA rating.
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I closed my trade imbalance with the grocery store, now I just eat the money I would have spent there.
Trump: "If we lose $50 billion a year with a country, and we say 'we're not going to trade with you anymore,' we don't lose $50 billion a year. It's very simple. Right?"
September 17, 2026 at 4:38 PM
I closed my trade imbalance with the grocery store, now I just eat the money I would have spent there.
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I think it's good to keep getting mad about evil and unjust things, if only to remind yourself and everyone else that these things are in fact evil and unjust. I don't think it's naive. Nor is it wise and sophisticated to adopt a "You fool, nothing matters and nothing good can ever happen" posture
September 10, 2025 at 2:58 PM
I think it's good to keep getting mad about evil and unjust things, if only to remind yourself and everyone else that these things are in fact evil and unjust. I don't think it's naive. Nor is it wise and sophisticated to adopt a "You fool, nothing matters and nothing good can ever happen" posture