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bencollins.bsky.social Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · Aug 12
Bluesky should go back to invites, continue aggressive bot bans, create a Craigslist-style marketplace (since you’re more likely to buy/get services from a educated or good person on here than any other social network), and market this place like a walled garden protected from enshittification.
August 13, 2026 at 4:04 PM
Reposted by Peter Zacchino Scheer
theonion.com
Tearful Mark Zuckerberg Smothers Metaverse Avatar With Digital Pillow https://theonion.com/tearful-mark-zuckerberg-smothers-metaverse-avatar-with-digital-pillow/
Tearful Mark Zuckerberg Smothers Metaverse Avatar With Digital Pillow ‘You Must Go Now,’ CEO Tells His Flailing Virtual Double
August 13, 2026 at 3:00 PM
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It’s starting to get a little Skynet around here 😅
August 5, 2026 at 3:21 PM
Reposted by Peter Zacchino Scheer
theonion.com
Tesla Robotaxi Keeps Changing Subject To White Genocide
Tesla Robotaxi Keeps Changing Subject To White Genocide
August 3, 2026 at 2:00 PM
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www.theverge.com/policy/97109...
The US is charging an American citizen for wiping his phone at the border
Whoops, was that the duress password?
www.theverge.com
July 27, 2026 at 3:23 PM
Reposted by Peter Zacchino Scheer
oregonthedm.bsky.social
Those assembly turn cranks that won't get thrown in the trash
July 19, 2026 at 5:44 PM
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I've decided that my company that has never made money is worth $1.77 trillion, especially now that it includes an AI CSAM generator and whatever the hell X is.

www.nbcnews.com/business/bus...
SpaceX locks in IPO price of $135, making it largest stock debut ever
The company controlled by Elon Musk will begin trading Friday at a valuation of $1.77 trillion.
www.nbcnews.com
June 11, 2026 at 9:36 PM
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The tech media are really going all in on Apple. I've never seen so much reporting on an opacity slider
June 11, 2026 at 2:05 AM
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Kaiser will charge you a monthly premium even if it takes multiple months to see a provider. What if HBO said you can watch Heated Rivalry in July, but only if you pay for April, May and June?
March 20, 2026 at 8:30 PM
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You'll be shocked to learn that Trump has no taste www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
March 5, 2026 at 6:40 PM
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“When I joined the tech industry, I thought tech was about making people’s lives easier,” an Amazon Web Services employee told The Verge, “but now it seems like it’s all about making it easier to surveil and deport and kill people.”

www.theverge.com/ai-artificia...
We don’t have to have unsupervised killer robots
Employees at some companies with defense contracts feel betrayed.
www.theverge.com
February 27, 2026 at 7:39 PM
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I wouldn't expect tech companies bending over backwards (and forwards?) for the administration to worry about their users' privacy/safety/security
Microsoft handed the government encryption keys for customer data
Microsoft complied with a warrant to hand over BitLocker recovery keys to the FBI, and privacy advocates are worried.
www.theverge.com
January 27, 2026 at 8:01 PM
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Trump admin wants to force visitors to the US to install spyware on their phones www.privacyinternational.org/news-analysi...
The Trump Administration wants your DNA and social media
Yesterday the Trump Administration announced a proposed change in policy for travellers to the U.S. It applies to the powers of data collection by the Customs and Border Police (CBP).
www.privacyinternational.org
January 26, 2026 at 6:31 PM
Reposted by Peter Zacchino Scheer
sahilkapur.bsky.social
Rep. Yassamin Ansari has set up a table and this sign outside Speaker Johnson’s office.
November 6, 2025 at 6:22 PM
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How confident are you that this is going to stop at immigration? www.wired.com/story/ice-so...
ICE Wants to Build Out a 24/7 Social Media Surveillance Team
Documents show that ICE plans to hire dozens of contractors to scan X, Facebook, TikTok, and other platforms to target people for deportation.
www.wired.com
October 6, 2025 at 6:15 PM
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Apple caves to authoritarianism (again) www.theverge.com/news/791170/...
Apple pulls ICEBlock from the App Store
ICEBlock reportedly has 1.1 million users.
www.theverge.com
October 3, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Reposted by Peter Zacchino Scheer
rbreich.bsky.social
The richest man on earth owns X.

The second richest man on earth is about to be a major owner of TikTok.

The third richest man owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp.

The fourth richest man owns The Washington Post.

See the problem here?
September 24, 2025 at 8:00 PM
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Information is important. Most Americans communicate through platforms owned by people who either fear or support Trump.

3 ways to protect yourself now, and in the future:
September 24, 2025 at 4:08 AM
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Apple pulls a show about domestic terrori-- sorry, Trump suppor-- sorry, patriots. www.theverge.com/entertainmen...
Apple TV Plus has quietly pulled its new show about domestic extremism
The show’s release bas been put on hold for the indefinite future.
www.theverge.com
September 24, 2025 at 12:37 AM
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Are you now, or have you ever been, a member of the ANTIFA party?

www.theverge.com/news/783158/...
Trump escalates crackdown by designating ‘Antifa’ a domestic terror group
It claims ‘Antifa’ is a ‘militarist, anarchist enterprise’
www.theverge.com
September 23, 2025 at 1:00 AM
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Truly disturbing
www.theverge.com/policy/77897...
The right wing is creating a society of snitches
The Republican Party is making a foray into digital McCarthyism
www.theverge.com
September 16, 2025 at 8:09 PM
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Worth reading the whole post
September 15, 2025 at 5:58 PM
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Photojournalist Valerie Zink on resigning from Reuters: "Western media outlets have made possible the killing of more journalists in two years on one tiny strip of land than in WWI, WWII, and the wars in Korea, Vietnam, Afghanistan, Yugoslavia, and Ukraine combined" www.facebook.com/valerie.zink...
Valerie Zink
For the past eight years I have worked as a stringer for Reuters news agency. My photos covering stories in the prairie provinces have been published by the New York Times, Al Jazeera, and other...
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August 26, 2025 at 9:38 PM
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They're shooting now www.latimes.com/california/s...
Lawyers call for inquiry after immigration agents fired at truck in San Bernardino
Lawyers released surveillance video that they say disputes claims that the truck driver hit and injured federal immigration agents.
www.latimes.com
August 26, 2025 at 8:04 AM
Reposted by Peter Zacchino Scheer
propublica.org
NEW: In June, ProPublica reported that the FDA has given more than 20 foreign factories a special pass to send drugs to the U.S. even though they were made at plants the agency had banned.

Today, we’re publishing a list of those exempted drugs.
The FDA Let Substandard Factories Ship These Medications to the U.S.
ProPublica identified more than 150 products that were exempted from import bans since 2013. Our list provides the names of the drugs or ingredients and their manufacturers, many of which are no longe...
www.propublica.org
August 12, 2025 at 11:51 AM