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ConStar @constar24.bsky.social · 24d

I’m still struggling to find remote or Central Florida based job opportunities. If you know of a business or brand in need of a social media manager, please send them my portfolio: constar.my.canva.site/constancegib...

Constance Gibbs social media portfolio

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 18h

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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geneva @gdbee.bsky.social · 5h

🌈 ramen noodles

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Danny Lore @weredawgz.blacksky.app · 16h

AI video propagation relies on the fact that most of us are watching on our phones, not that we are stupid

It’s small screens, ones that actually do damage to our eyesight

So while its important to look for signs

Don’t beat yourself up if you can’t see the signs right away on a low res video

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Danny Lore @weredawgz.blacksky.app · 16h

“He didn’t die like an 80 year old, he died like a perfectly healthy 60 year old” is going to be a quote

Reconstructionist @unavaleable.bsky.social · 16h

the day that it finally happens is gonna be surreal because the way they report it will be fucking deranged

Reuters @reuters.com · 18h

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

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unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 1d

Some clergy are begging to be allowed closer to the detention center to perform communion.

"You are preventing our religious freedom," someone in the crowd shouts.

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bort @crushbort.bsky.social · 1d

is it not weird that every day there’s a new video of anonymous masked men having the time of their lives beating/shooting/disappearing people and the dem response from the top down is “republicans want to double your health insurance premiums”

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ConStar @constar24.bsky.social · 1d

Gotta catch’em all! @moniquesteeleart.bsky.social

6 trading cards featuring Beyoncé and Blue Ivy, drawn by artist Monique Steele. The theme is from the Renaissance World Tour.

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ConStar @constar24.bsky.social · 1d

Incredible. Viva la dork revolution!

The Oregonian @oregonian.com · 1d

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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Caleb Dume @thacalebdume.bsky.social · 1d

So…….just jump over recording your lectures, huh?

What’s so infuriating about all these AI implementations is there is almost always a non-AI solution that’s WAY more practical.

Schools Week @schoolsweek.bsky.social · 1d

Exclusive: Teachers will use 'deepfake' technology to create an AI avatar of themselves to deliver catch-up lessons for pupils who have missed school

Watch one of the school’s ‘deepfake’ teachers in our story below

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'Deepfake' teacher avatars to help pupils catch up

Academy trust staff to use AI generator to introduce resources for pupils returning to school

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ConStar @constar24.bsky.social · 1d

Omg yes I loved reboot!

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Ghostly Bree @mostlybree.kitrocha.com · 1d

it really has been amazing how much one person in a frog suit destroyed their fantasy visuals over the past week. this wouldn't work everywhere but Portland, you are doing amazing sweetie

Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 1d

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Can you put into words what that purpose is? You and the frog have really become icons of this protest.

There’s been a nice overall whimsy that has shown up. The frog is amazing. We had a bunch of other inflatable people here last night, too. I saw people playing Twister the other day.

What they rely on is fear. So by coming out in an absurdist manner, it speaks to them, to some extent, that we’re actually not that afraid.

It also dismantles their narrative a little bit. When they try to describe this situation as “war-torn,” it becomes much harder to take them seriously when they have to post a video saying [U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security] Kristi Noem is up on the balcony staring over the Antifa Army and it’s, like, eight journalists and five protesters and one of them is in a chicken suit.

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Emily C. Hughes @emilyhughes.bsky.social · 2d

periodic reminder that if you write stuff that's published on the web for a publication you yourself do not own, PDF that shit as soon as it goes live

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MGCoco | Tolkientober 🎨 @mgcoco.bsky.social · 2d

In retrospect, there was a big sign that something was wrong at Khazad-dûm #Tolkien #art

Drawing of Gandalf and Frodo in front of the Doors of Durin, with a Spirit Halloween sign hanging over it.

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Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 3d

grawlix | noun | a series of typographical symbols (such as $#!) used in text as a replacement for profanity

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Sorcha Ní Nia @luiseach.bsky.social · 5d

Me moving towards the table whenever anyone brings in snacks at work

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 5d

This afternoon, I sat with Palestinian New Yorkers in Astoria and listened to what they and their families have endured as the genocide in Gaza continues, funded by our government.

In the face of immeasurable grief, they have showed unbreakable resilience.

Zohran posing for a group photo with ten people, including Palestinian New Yorkers.

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ConStar @constar24.bsky.social · 5d

WHAT DID THEY PUT IN THE HADES II SOUNDTRACK?!?! This is INCREDIBLE #HadesII

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Emma™ @cockremover.bsky.social · 7d

spiritually i'm in mountains of debt

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ConStar @constar24.bsky.social · 7d

I love this energy of doing something, even small, to connect with people and hear about their bigger issues. Zohran’s campaign is about the only thing that has made me miss NY six months into living elsewhere for the first time.

Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 7d

This Sunday, we’re SHREDDING 🎸

Join me (or someone who looks a lot like me) at one of two locations to safely dispose of old bills, bank statements and documents you no longer need.

+ DJs, family portraits and frozen treats.

12-3pm in Harlem and the Bronx. Details in the video ⬇️

ConStar @constar24.bsky.social · 7d

Scylla and the Sirens #HadesII

a woman singing into a microphone with headphones on her head

ALT: a woman singing into a microphone with headphones on her head

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Ida Bae Wells @nhannahjones.bsky.social · 8d

In case it wasn’t clear, the anti-DEI crusade has never been about merit. Zero news experience. Never been a reporter. Elevated to Editor in Chief of CBS News, one of the most storied news institutions in the nation. www.mediaite.com/media/news/p...

Paramount Officially Acquiring The Free Press and Making Bari Weiss CBS News Editor in Chief: Report

Paramount Skydance will be officially acquiring The Free Press and hiring its founder Bari Weiss as editor in chief of its CBS News division, with the deal to be announced this coming Monday, accordin...

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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 8d

The monthly jobs report will not be released today after the Trump administration reportedly furloughed nearly every BLS employee for the shutdown

Monthly Jobs Reports Will Not Be Released During Shutdown

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ConStar @constar24.bsky.social · 9d

I’ll thankfully have a month before I have more full day obligations to distract me. It’s actually the perfect time for me to get into it 😈

ConStar @constar24.bsky.social · 9d

Ohhhh okay yeah i forgot about the early access already bc it’s finally MY TIME!

ConStar @constar24.bsky.social · 9d

Of Hades II? Did you finish already?! I wanna try to get it this weekend.