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Free Łink - Matthew R Francis @bowlerhatscience.org · 3m

just 'cause he's a narcissist doesn't mean *we* need to make this all about him too

Emma Evans @trance.bsky.social · 24m

Folks, this isn't to any of you specifically because I've seen more than one person doing it.

SUGGESTING THAT A BROWN WOMAN WON THE NOBEL PEACE PRIZE TO REBUKE/TROLL A WHITE MAN

is super duper fucking racist on a pogo stick.

Please do not do that.

Enjoy that it will make Trump mad, sure.

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Emma Evans @trance.bsky.social · 24m

Folks, this isn't to any of you specifically because I've seen more than one person doing it.

SUGGESTING THAT A BROWN WOMAN WON THE NOBEL PEACE PRIZE TO REBUKE/TROLL A WHITE MAN

is super duper fucking racist on a pogo stick.

Please do not do that.

Enjoy that it will make Trump mad, sure.

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Jessica Ellis @baddestmamajama.bsky.social · 2h

There’s something happening here
What it is ain’t exactly clear
There’s a frog with a cape over there
Tellin me, I got to beware

You better stop, children
What’s that sound?
Everybody look, they’re croaking now

The Oregonian @oregonian.com · 6h

Things are happening at Portland's ICE facility tonight.

Read more of our protest coverage here: www.oregonlive.com/crime/2025/1...

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Free Łink - Matthew R Francis @bowlerhatscience.org · 6m

"Linda McMahon is in charge of the Department of Education" what flavor of fool do you think I am to believe that

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Free Łink - Matthew R Francis @bowlerhatscience.org · 8m

Callisto has decided to adopt her late brother's tactic of getting my attention by being as annoying as possible, then getting upset with me when I try to stop her

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 7h

The Education Department has hired at least 9 people from the America First Policy Institute, co-founded by Secretary Linda McMahon.

The think tank’s listed goals include ending the separation of church and state and “plant[ing] Jesus in every space.”

These Activists Want to Dismantle Public Schools. Now They Run the Education Department.

Under Trump, the Department of Education has been bringing in activists hostile to public schools. It could mean a new era of private and religious schools boosted by tax dollars — and the end of publ...

www.propublica.org

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Stéphanie says… 🏴‍☠️☕️🍰 @stephaniejane.bsky.social · 3h

Earle-Sears: That's not discrimination

Jim Crow laws:
Toilet signs
LADIES
MEN
COLORED

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Ted McCormick @tedmccormick.bsky.social · 22h

A striking thing about articles I’ve read claiming to “study the effects” of generative AI on student writing skills and consumption of information is that (1) they nearly always find the effects are negative and (2) most “conclusions” are still written assuming that we must use AI, for some reason.

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Free Łink - Matthew R Francis @bowlerhatscience.org · 9h

Wolfenstein XIII

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Free Łink - Matthew R Francis @bowlerhatscience.org · 9h

there's a small late stone age/early bronze age statuette I want a 3D printed version of, but the museum where it resides hasn't made a scan

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Free Łink - Matthew R Francis @bowlerhatscience.org · 9h

it's very little consolation knowing that we're seeing a future generation of video game villains to blow up in the form of ICE

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L.A. TACO @lataco.bsky.social · 9h

Here are 10 practical tips, based on Retana’s advice, for talking to kids about ICE raids and helping them cope with fear and uncertainty. Each point is presented in english y español.

The full guide: lataco.com/kids-ice-tal...

By Erick Galindo

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Mark Bray @mark-bray.bsky.social · 9h

Our plane to Spain is in the air!

🙌🙌

Thank you so much to the countless people supporting us in every way and in particular all of the Rutgers students and faculty who have supported us every step of the way.

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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 9h

thread

Preorder Read This When Things Fall Apart @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 12h

As y'all have probably heard, there has been a lot of ICE activity on the North Side of Chicago today. At least four people were kidnapped by ICE in the Rogers Park neighborhood. Folks mobilized throughout the day to do ICE Watch and Rapid Response work.

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Free Łink - Matthew R Francis @bowlerhatscience.org · 9h

for a very long time

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I keep sayin'

Free Łink - Matthew R Francis @bowlerhatscience.org · 11h

I keep those documents in a fireproof safe, no fucking way I would carry them around places where I might accidentally lose them

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Elizabeth Bear @matociquala.bsky.social · 12h

This is what they're doing to U.S. citizens right now.

Imagine what they're doing to immigrants.

CollinCountyDems @collincountydems.bsky.social · 15h

This is terrifying!

ICE breaks into this woman’s car in the pick-up line at West Loop Elementary school in Chicago and detains her before she can pick her kids up from school. (They were eventually let go after showing their documents)

This is Trump’s America.

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Kendra "Gloom is My Beat" Pierre-Louis @kendrawrites.com · 11h

Honestly if you're feeling sad go dig out videos of portland protesters doing the cha cha slide.

do they have rhythm? no

Could they find the beat even if it was handed to them? also no

It's still nice.

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Faine Greenwood @faineg.bsky.social · 12h

there is a certain congruence between claiming that AI can replace artists and writers and being the kind of person who thinks shooting a caged lion is honorable and fun

Socar Myles @packbawky.bsky.social · 12h

Yeah, it's like, seriously... Fun. Have you heard of it? Have you never done something for hours, just for fun? Wouldn't you feel cheated out of your fun if...I don't know, you pressed the wrong button and your Pokédex filled in, or a drone swooped in and shot your buck for you?

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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 14h

Has anyone ever asked this man to explain what the is wrong with being Palestinian? Seems like a simple follow up question. bsky.app/profile/atru...

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 17h

JD Vance describes Chuck Schumer as "one of the most famous Palestinians in the world"

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Free Łink - Matthew R Francis @bowlerhatscience.org · 12h

and that they can tell us their "product" is equally good as ours!

Free Łink - Matthew R Francis @bowlerhatscience.org · 12h

you can talk to me!
if you're lonely you can talk to me!

Andy Rivkin @asrivkin.bsky.social · 12h

Next we'll back up a couple of years. It's hard to say something is an under-the-radar Beatles song, let alone one that's a fan favorite, but this is as close as I can imagine one: "Hey Bulldog". This was recorded mere days before the band headed to India--an inflection point in their lives.

The Beatles - Hey Bulldog (Promo video)

YouTube video by TheBeatlesVEVO

www.youtube.com

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Free Łink - Matthew R Francis @bowlerhatscience.org · 12h

I do love that cut

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Kendra "Gloom is My Beat" Pierre-Louis @kendrawrites.com · 12h

If you run a marathon without training, you get to brag about it. If you don't finish, well, you didn't train so you didn't really fail.

People want to be able to say they wrote a song, or a book, or a screenplay, or a beautiful drawing. But they don't want the work that actually entails.

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