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Sam Fujiyama @ayre.ca · 2h

My sincere condolences Thomas. It helped me to think of the intense grief felt from the passing of my own father as directly proportionate to the love we shared for one another. You will feel untethered, like the sun is no longer in the sky. Please know you will find a new gravity in time.

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50501: The People’s Movement ❌👑 @50501movement.bsky.social · 3h

Portland, OR, 2025

Protester in frog costume stands in front of tank (meme of Tiananmen Square “Tank Man”)

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Chris Morran @themorrancave.bsky.social · 7h

At least half a dozen companies vying for some of the $45B allocated for immigration detention work hired a friend of border czar Tom Homan because that friend (who previously had Homan on his payroll) led them to believe his connections to Homan would help their chances of scoring a contract.

Trading on Tom Homan: Inside the Push to Cash in on the Trump Administration’s Deportation Campaign

A Pennsylvania businessman who had Tom Homan on his payroll led companies to believe his connections to the future border czar could help advance their bids for government work, industry executives sa...

www.propublica.org

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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 6h

Pope Leo quotes Hannah Arendt:

“The ideal subject of totalitarian rule is not the convinced Nazi or the convinced Communist, but people for whom the distinction between fact and fiction and the distinction between true and false no longer exist."

www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news...

Pope Leo calls for news agencies to stand as bulwark against "post-truths," lies and manipulation

Pope Leo XIV has encouraged international news agencies to stand firm as a bulwark against the "ancient art of lying" and manipulation.

www.cbsnews.com

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Mary Gillis @marygillis.bsky.social · 15h

I did this, took like 30 min.
Points I kept hammering: domestic cloud, regulations around copyright and likeness rights, focusing on machine learning with concrete, real world uses (creating new drugs, etc), the damage done by slop, the need to listen to AI experts who are realists, not boosters.

Nico Mara-McKay 🦇 (they/iel) @nicomaramckay.com · 4d

Canadians: The federal government is seeking public input on how AI should be developed and used in business, research, and the military.

If this scares the shit out of you, please let them know:

Help define the next chapter of Canada's AI leadership

Current status: Open from October 1 to October 31, 2025 Canada helped invent modern AI. To stay a leader—and protect our digital sovereignty—we're running a 30-day national sprint to shape a renewed...

ised-isde.canada.ca

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John Donegan @donegan.bsky.social · 1d

BREAKING: Antifa leader Habeas Corpus has been arrested in Portland.

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Sam Fujiyama @ayre.ca · 15h

I had a Scooby Doo lunch box.

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 22h

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Sam Fujiyama @ayre.ca · 15h

And fuck this shit too. This is so enraging to watch.

Northwest Chicago Suburb: ICE Agents Rip 15-Year-Old Girl from Car, Slam Her to Ground She Screams “I’m 15!” as Man Kneels on Her Neck

www.reddit.com

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John Pavlovitz @johnpavlovitz.bsky.social · 17h

Good people need to start outing their ICE family members, neighbors, and community members.

They need to be made into pariahs in the places decent Americans gather.

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Sam Fujiyama @ayre.ca · 15h

Fuck this shit.

From the illinois community on Reddit: Chicago: Ice harassing 2 15 year olds without a parent.

Explore this post and more from the illinois community

www.reddit.com

Sam Fujiyama @ayre.ca · 21h

I didn't know just your average nobody could file a complaint of threats of violence against them and get to stand beside the Attorney General of the United States to have it aired in front of national media.

Didn't expect this level of personal service.. so cool !

Sam Fujiyama @ayre.ca · 1d

a girl with dreadlocks is looking at a crack in a wall

ALT: a girl with dreadlocks is looking at a crack in a wall

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Sam Fujiyama @ayre.ca · 1d

Saudi Comedy Festival, Charlie Kirk - Between the Scenes

YouTube video by Trevor Noah

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 1d

Presented without comment, the current scene outside Union Station in DC as I got off the train.

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Sam Fujiyama @ayre.ca · 1d

Speaking personally as someone who lives near a pond, frogs can make a hell of a lot of noise. 🐸🎉

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Sam Fujiyama @ayre.ca · 1d

What's his "sexual abuser" age ?

Reuters @reuters.com · 1d

Trump, 79, has "cardiac age" of 65-year-old, doctor says reut.rs/4mZNZbu

Trump, 79, has "cardiac age" of 65-year-old, doctor says

Donald Trump was found to be in "exceptional health" in a medical evaluation, the U.S. president's doctor said in a memo released by the White House on Friday, with his "cardiac age" 14 years younger than in "chronological age."

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Sam Fujiyama @ayre.ca · 1d

I used to have a better eye for the fakes but in the last week have fallen for several.

I have to be skeptical of every image and video I see now by spending time to dig into it's veracity.

Great job tech companies and government allowing this dystopian hellscape to be our everyday.

Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 1d

As I said a couple hours ago about a different fake video, you don't need to feel stupid if you fell for it.

The entire internet is drowning in this AI shit. And there's no easy solution. We're just fucking cooked as a society.

Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 1d

Don’t feel stupid if you fell for fake video. It can be really hard to tell these days. But we do have to try and be careful with what we share because there’s so much AI video out there.

It’s just the world we live in now.

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🦋Rock💙💛 @rock800.bsky.social · 2d

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 1d

My first thought was “wow I hope this guy didn’t give out his name because he could absolutely be charged” and yup, he is correct to stay anonymous.

This man’s account is shocking. His neighbors’ situation is shocking. The entire Chicago raid is shocking.

On the other side was a mom and her 7-year-old daughter, pleading for his help.
"I wasn't planning on letting her stay, but I didn't know what the hell was going on," the man said of his Venezuelan migrant neighbors. But he quickly relented. The little girl was inconsolable and hid under his bed.
"I didn't want them to take her," said the man, who didn't want to be named because he fears he'll be targeted by federal authorities for his actions.
"I gave her my bedroom, and I just told her,
'Just stay there. Don't open, don't, shh, just stay quiet," he recalled telling the mom and daughter as he choked back tears.

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Philip Bump @pbump.com · 1d

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Barred and Boujee aka Madiba Dennie @audrelawdamercy.bsky.social · 1d

aaand we are officially in the hide-your-neighbors stage

Sophie Sherry @sophiesherry.bsky.social · 1d

During a military-style raid on a building in Chicago’s South Shore, one resident heard a knock on his door.   It wasn’t the feds — it was a mom and her 7-year-old daughter, pleading for help.

He let them hide in his unit for the next 3 days.

chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...

Neighbor shielded 7-year-old during South Shore federal raid: ‘I didn’t want them to take her’

During the Sept. 30 raid one tenant protected a terrified girl and her mom. Remnants at the complex, including a detailed map of all the units, offer clues to what authorities may have known before th...

chicago.suntimes.com

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 1d

This is not a border crossing.
There’s no law that any of us have to show our papers on the interior.

This is a blatant civil rights violation. How is anyone supposed to know whether this man is a real ICE agent or just pretending to be one?!

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Mike Masnick @mmasnick.bsky.social · 1d

Hot new item. Flying off the shelves.

Silence 🇺🇦🇺🇸 @b-dogood.bsky.social · 1d

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Heartland Signal @heartlandsignal.bsky.social · 2d

BREAKING: Masked Border Patrol agents aggressively arrested WGN video producer Debbie Brockman in Lincoln Square Friday morning, supposedly for "obstructing justice." (Video via Josh Thomas on Facebook)

Follow @heartlandsignal for more.

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