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Ashton Pittman @ashtonpittman.bsky.social · 16h

ICE left David, a 17-year-old boy, stranded on the side of Interstate 20 after pulling over his immigrant father, Hector, in Mississippi.

David began running in the scorching sun after the car and watched as it disappeared from sight—soon headed to a Louisiana ICE prison.

Here's their story.

ICE Stranded a 17-Year-Old on I-20 After Arresting His Father. The Mississippi Dad Now Faces Deportation.

A 17-year-old watched as ICE arrested his immigrant father, Hector, on I-20 in June. The family faces mounting legal fees and the risk of deportation.

www.mississippifreepress.org

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Anil Dash @anildash.com · 16h

MAGA and its agenda are *wildly* unpopular, and media are hugely out of touch for not saying so. Politicians who tap into this reality will thrive, and media outlets that reflect this truth will earn enormous audiences.

G Elliott Morris @gelliottmorris.com · 1d

A majority of adults oppose Trump’s use of the National Guard in America cities www.gelliottmorris.com/p/a-majority...

A majority of Americans oppose Trump sending the National Guard to Democratic-run cities

The president is defying the will of the people, federal judges, and the Constitution

www.gelliottmorris.com

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Joshua Shapiro @josh.shapiro.foo · 1d

I don't want to sell anything, buy anything, or process anything by AI. I don't want to sell anything bought or processed with AI, or buy anything sold or processed with AI, or process anything sold, bought, or processed by AI, or repair anything sold, bought, or processed by AI.

Nancy Parmalee @nparmalee.bsky.social · 1d

I don’t want to generate or receive an email, document, manuscript, PowerPoint deck, post it note, grocery list, novel, film, or hit list that has been generated with AI.

Ned Resnikoff @resnikoff.bsky.social · 1d

I write because I love writing. I love writing even when I'm struggling with a writing problem that is killing me. Finding a way through that problem is both intensely rewarding and also helps me become a better writer. There is no reason for me to ever outsource that.

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Dr. Glaucomflecken @glaucomflecken.bsky.social · 24d

The only hope of uniting this country is in our shared hatred of health insurance companies. We should lean into that.

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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 1d

None of us can do everything but each of us can do SOMETHING.

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Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 2d

I’ve gotta say the speed with which many people bent a knee to fascism was not something I was prepared for.

That’s why the footage from Portland sparks so much hope.

People are fighting back in unique ways.

They’re making us smile. They’re fighting for freedom AND for joy.

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jessica @hullojess.bsky.social · 2d

[redacted] needs a [redacted] navy had me screaming and crying for days

fmason3 @fmason3.bsky.social · 2d

Old Twitter was a CIRCUS. 😂😂😂

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niki grayson @nikigrayson.com · 2d

the city of los angeles burned in january in part because of a man who couldn’t stop generating images of burning cities on ChatGPT, and then after he lit the fire he asked if the fire he started was his fault

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Moira Donegan @moiradonegan.bsky.social · 3d

A disturbingly easy way to get yelled at is to say that women should be in the paid workforce.

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The Associated Press @apnews.com · 3d

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio insisted “no one has died” as a result of U.S. foreign aid cuts. In Myanmar, the grieving father of a 2-year-old boy who died after their food rations were cut calls such claims a lie.

Starving children screaming for food as US aid cuts unleash devastation and death across Myanmar

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio has repeatedly said “no one has died" because of his government’s decision to gut its foreign aid program.

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Keith W. Dickinson @keithwdickinson.bsky.social · 3d

Today is a day when arts degrees are worthless, but the product of those degrees is so valuable it would kill an entire industry if they were made to pay for it.

The Verge @theverge.com · May 26

Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry

Paul McCartne, Elton John and others signed an open letter.

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Jason Koebler @jasonkoebler.bsky.social · 9d

The Sora thing is so bleak and shows how far we've come from AI companies pretending they did not train on copyrighted material

www.404media.co/openais-sora...

OpenAI’s Sora 2 Copyright Infringement Machine Features Nazi SpongeBobs and Criminal Pikachus

The main use of Sora appears to generate brainrot of major beloved copyrighted characters, to say nothing of the millions of articles, images, and videos OpenAI has scraped.

www.404media.co

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jessica @hullojess.bsky.social · 4d

I feel like I'm losing my mind. SO MANY PEOPLE have been talking about this like it's a fact since the story broke weeks ago, when we knew even less than we do now, which still isn't much.

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jessica @hullojess.bsky.social · 4d

You're right to be concerned, to want to hold folks accountable, to press for the truth. But to loudly insist on a version of events that as of yet has not been confirmed does nobody any favors.

This young man's story deserves to be handled with care and respect. Can we do that?

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jessica @hullojess.bsky.social · 4d

Yes, I know that the authorities have lied about situations like this one. Yes, I know there are rumors swirling around out there. Yes, I know Mississippi has a certain reputation.

But we still shouldn't jump to conclusions.

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jessica @hullojess.bsky.social · 4d

CN: mentions of lynching

I'm gonna say something re: Trey Reed. It's reckless and disrespectful for y'all to insist that someone died via a lynching when we currently do not have concrete evidence to indicate it. We cannot go off of vibes, bad though they may be, to determine what happened here.

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Ashton Pittman @ashtonpittman.bsky.social · 4d

Important fact check amid swirling rumors online:

Mississippi Free Press @mississippifreepress.org · 4d

The second autopsy on the body of Delta State University student Trey Reed has not been released, despite uncorroborated social media rumors currently circulating claiming it uncovered evidence of foul play.

Reed, who was Black, was found hanging from a tree on the campus in Cleveland last month.

The Facts: Trey Reed’s 2nd Autopsy Has Not Been Released, Despite Rumors

The second autopsy on the body of Delta State University student Trey Reed has not been released, despite uncorroborated social media rumors.

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Ashley C. Ford @smashfizzle.bsky.social · 9d

The conversation between Klein and Coates showed me that a lot of people who screech about “infighting” on the left aren’t aware of the fact that marginalized people have been forced to learn how to regulate their emotions during conflict, and so, are better able to hear what’s actually being said.

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Kat Tenbarge @kattenbarge.bsky.social · 4d

I think people take for granted the ability to post freely on the internet. Our ability to do so is endangered. Social media isn't going away but the powers that be are hyper focused on making it an echo chamber

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Gillian Branstetter @gbbranstetter.bsky.social · 4d

Some advertising you just can't buy

MAGA Congresswoman: Bad Bunnys super bowl halftime show a demonic sexual performance

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jessica @hullojess.bsky.social · 5d

Hayley Williams did on Kill Me what Taylor Swift thought she did on Eldest Daughter

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Señor Reese’s ♒️ @bnbgoodfella.bsky.social · 7d

I told yall mfs with them glasses be weirdos, losers and creeps

KRQE News 13 @krqe.com · 7d

University warns of man recording women on campus with Meta glasses

(KRON) — University of San Francisco Department of Public Safety officials sent an alert to students Thursday about a man who is wearing Ray-Ban Meta sunglasses and recording women on campus.…

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Aveta👾🇭🇹 @aliafonzy.blacksky.app · 5d

Black people deserve better in all aspects in life.

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jenn m. jackson @jennmjacksonphd.bsky.social · 7d

The Vice President of the United States used his social media page to tell Joy Reid, a private citizen with no connection to the government, that she should express "gratitude" for how this country has treated her.

Black women remain the most consistent targets in all of this.

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Ash Higgins @ashhiggins.bsky.social · 7d

This. Is. Why. I. Paint.

"They're trying to convince people they can't do the things they've been doing easily for years - to write emails, to write a presentation. Your daughter wants you to make up a bedtime story about puppies - to write that for you." We will get to the point, she says with a grim laugh, "that you will essentially become just a skin bag of organs and bones, nothing else. You won't know anything and you will be told repeatedly that you can't do it, which is the opposite of what life has to offer. Capitulating all kinds of decisions like where to go on vacation, what to wear today, who to date, what to eat.
People are already doing this. You won't have to process grief, because you'll have uploaded photos and voice messages from your mother who just died, and then she can talk to you via Al video call every day. One of the ways it's going to destroy humans, long before there's a nuclear disaster, is going to be the emotional hollowing-out of people."

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