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Saeed Jones @theferocity.bsky.social · 1d

I can’t tell you how many times I’ve watched this TikTok since yesterday. Sherman was stressing those ladies out.

AmeriKraut @inchargeofthegirls.bsky.social · 2d

sherman, for the love of god!

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OuterBoroPrincess @outerbororoyal.bsky.social · 1d

They’ve kicked off at least a half dozen branded “movements,” meanwhile the only thing that’s had legs is our lil Target boycott.

OuterBoroPrincess @outerbororoyal.bsky.social · 1d

Telling Black people we’ll be “next” if we don’t join whatever half-cocked movement you’ve cooked up this week, only reveals how much YOU don’t understand that we are PERPETUALLY on the firing line of white supremacy.

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Violet Miller @vimiller.bsky.social · 1d

A Dist Court judge issued a TRO ordering the fed fence in Broadview removed.

Broadview mayor says court spoke “clearly and unequivocally” but that “it remains to be seen if ICE will respect the judge's order and dismantle this hazard immediately, or if they will continue their pattern of defiance."

The following statement can be attributed to Village of Broadview Mayor Katrina Thompson:

"This is a validation of local law and, most importantly, a decisive win for public safety. The judge’s decision confirms that the illegal fence constructed by ICE is not only a clear defiance of Broadview’s ordinance but an unacceptable and escalating risk to our Beach Street businesses, their customers, and our first responders. The law of probability dictates that the danger increases daily. The court has spoken clearly and unequivocally. Now, it remains to be seen if ICE will respect the judge's order and dismantle this hazard immediately, or if they will continue their pattern of defiance."

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Winifred Tylenol Spice Burton @authorwinifred.blacksky.app · 2d

God forbid women have hobbies.

Solomon @solomonmissouri.bsky.social · 2d

abcnews.go.com/US/woman-all...

Woman allegedly used dating apps to rob older men, say police

Adva Lavie has been accused of using dating apps to meet older men and burglarize their homes in LA, according to police.

abcnews.go.com

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Erik Uebelacker @uebey.bsky.social · 2d

NEW: Drake loses his defamation case against Kendrick Lamar over the “Not Like Us” lyrics.

More coming @courthousenews.bsky.social

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ElieNYC @elienyc.bsky.social · 3d

Ubisoft: "Okay, so in this game you fight the Klan"
Marketers: "You can't sell that in America"
Ubisoft: "Why?"
Marketers: "Umm [gestures broadly]. The Klan fucking won?"
Ubisoft: "Merde."
Marketers: "Yeah, we've asked for the Statue back but they're being dicks about that too."

Stephen Totilo @stephentotilo.bsky.social · 3d

SCOOP: Last year, Ubisoft cancelled an Assassin's Creed game set during Reconstruction. Was to feature a Black Assassin who, among other things, fought the rise of the Klan

Sources: Leadership nixed it over concerns re: U.S. political climate, backlash to Yasuke

www.gamefile.news/p/scoop-ubis...

Scoop: Ubisoft cancelled a post-Civil War Assassin’s Creed last year

Company leadership deemed the project too controversial for the moment, sources tell Game File

www.gamefile.news

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🎃🚨SEE PINNED🚨#ProtectJhordin🚨🎃 @blackapostate.blacksky.app · 3d

if I'm not mistaken ice is quietly appearing at schools here in detroit. i heard they were at marygrove hs today.

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Reizor @uselrei1500.bsky.social · 5d

PAXAus kicks off this Friday and I'll be there all weekend helping to showcase independent Australian made TTRPGs.

Sessions open at 11:00 a.m. and the last session of the day begins at 9:00 p.m. (or 3 p.m. on Sunday.)

Come try some locally grown games, look for the ARC banner at TT RPG HQ.

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 3d

no they're LITERALLY exaggerating this issue. there is absolutely no data backing up their claims. ffs just say that!!

NBC news: The discussions come as Trump has sought to deploy National Guard troops in several major cities — including Los Angeles, Chicago and Portland, Oregon — saying they’re needed to reduce crime and protect Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials from protesters. Critics have said that the Trump administration is exaggerating issues in those cities.

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Not Your Negress @notyournegro.blacksky.app · 4d

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JP Fairfield @jpfairfield.bsky.social · 3d

I wasn't that interested in previous Assassin's Creed games but I was gonna go all in for this one... 😭

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Wagatwe Wanjuki @wagatwe.com · 3d

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

COWARDS!!!!!!!!!!!

Stephen Totilo @stephentotilo.bsky.social · 3d

SCOOP: Last year, Ubisoft cancelled an Assassin's Creed game set during Reconstruction. Was to feature a Black Assassin who, among other things, fought the rise of the Klan

Sources: Leadership nixed it over concerns re: U.S. political climate, backlash to Yasuke

www.gamefile.news/p/scoop-ubis...

Scoop: Ubisoft cancelled a post-Civil War Assassin’s Creed last year

Company leadership deemed the project too controversial for the moment, sources tell Game File

www.gamefile.news

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Your Tiny Journalist Friend. @thewayoftheid.bsky.social · 3d

*snort*

Reached for comment, Johnson said that
"this is not the first time Trump has tried to have a Black man unjustly arrested.
"I'm not going anywhere," he added.

A shot of Michael Jordan, seated, throwing his head back in laughter while holding a tablet.

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👻madeline boOoOoOodent👻 @oldenoughtosay.com · 3d

the answer to the trolley problem is not to pick who to sacrifice, it’s to dismantle the system that led to an unsafe trolley crossing.

if any part of your morality strategy involves picking a group to let die on a hill, throw the entire strategy out. it’s wrong.

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Grem, of 𝐆𝐑𝐄𝐌𝐂𝐎𝐑𝐏 🔜 MCAtlanta! @gremlin.world · 6d

I will never not repost this

(Sound on for maximum effect)

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Dr. Miguelito Loveless @drloveless.bsky.social · 4d

If you go to the actual story, you are informed that this photo is from 1992. This context is omitted from posts to social media so as to generate clicks and normalize Trump's fascism by implying this what is happening NOW.

CNN @cnn.com · 5d

"President Donald Trump and his top aides are using the word 'insurrection' more frequently to describe anti-ICE protests in places like Portland," writes Zachary B. Wolf. https://cnn.it/4pWYmzr

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powerje @powerje.bsky.social · 4d

Next time use a picture from Jan 6th, an actual insurrection attempt led by the traitor donald j trump

CNN @cnn.com · 5d

"President Donald Trump and his top aides are using the word 'insurrection' more frequently to describe anti-ICE protests in places like Portland," writes Zachary B. Wolf. https://cnn.it/4pWYmzr

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Stephanie Kollmann @slkollmann.bsky.social · 4d

I am thrilled that Gov. Pritzker mentioned legal challenges to Border Patrol's seizure of expanded authorities in Chicago in a press conference and a national interview yesterday.

Everything I've looked at says it's unlawful.

Stephanie Kollmann @slkollmann.bsky.social · 13d

Still struggle to understand how on earth Chicago keeps ending up on "border zone" maps. I looked for a legal explanation in 2018 and came up empty. Not my area, likely to have been looking in the wrong places, but. Where is this/why is this?

Stephanie Kollmann

@SL...

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Can someone please explain to me why Chicago keeps getting placed inside these 100-mile "border zone" maps when there is no part of the State of Illinois that actually falls within 100 miles of an international boundary? I truly do not understand. x.com/Jared Rutecki/s...

⑤ Jared Rutecki

@JaredRut....

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While the weight of border patrol operations is felt heaviest along the southwest border of the United States, immigration agents possess expanded search and seizure powers in a wide swat...

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Stephanie Kollmann

@SLKollmann

"We have a water border" Y, with Michigan, not Canada.

"We have a port" Y, like Memphis and St. Louis

"We have the Coast Guard" Y, like Salt Lake City

I suspect the answer is "East Coasters draw these w/o understanding the Great Lakes" but I am open to another explanation.

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Billie Bloebaum @billie.bookstoreromanceday.org · 4d

I guess it's Prime Day(s) again, so here are some options if you'd rather not help Jeff Bezos grow even richer. 🧵

First, a couple of Starter Packs of Indie Bookstores to support. (If you are or know of an indie bookstore w/ a Bluesky account that's not listed, let me know.)
go.bsky.app/DZdrHhm

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K. Thor Jensen @kthorjensen.bsky.social · Sep 6

Oh this one is WILD pivot-to-ai.com/2025/08/29/v...

Vibe-coded build system NX gets hacked, steals vibe-coders’ crypto

NX is build software. You write your code on your laptop, you press “build”, it runs NX, and you get a built version you can put onto your web server. If you could hack NX, you could hit a lot of p…

pivot-to-ai.com

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Wagatwe Wanjuki @wagatwe.com · 4d

we showed the brutality of the anti-Black (and anti-ally) violence by police in 2020 (and before) yet we still got Trump for a second term and police violence has only worsened.

Asha Rangappa @asharangappa.bsky.social · 5d

We’re in a moment now where it would be worth people taking three hours to watch Gandhi, particularly the scene of the salt march. There is value to making the brutality of your opponent so plain as day that no one can argue with it. The clarity of that brought down an empire

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Huntiecrisp Appélle @whatevertron.blacksky.app · 4d

We watched unarmed Black people be murdered on camera for over a decade, and the only result of that was giving said cops more money to kill more people with, but sure

Asha Rangappa @asharangappa.bsky.social · 5d

We’re in a moment now where it would be worth people taking three hours to watch Gandhi, particularly the scene of the salt march. There is value to making the brutality of your opponent so plain as day that no one can argue with it. The clarity of that brought down an empire

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vee.soy @vashetc.bsky.social · 5d

I stopped calling Octavia butlers work prophetic once I realized she herself literally said that her work was influenced by deeply studying history which gave have her insight into the future. I realized I was watering down how truly brilliant she was and what she was trying to get across

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Mikki Kendall @karnythia.bsky.social · 5d

If you only knew how much of tech's energy is devoted to building better tools for abusers

Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 5d

“…that Sora is being used for stalking and harassment will likely not be an edge case, because deepfaking yourself and others into videos is one of its core selling points.”

Far from an edge case, it’s the primary use case.

Stalker Already Using OpenAI's Sora 2 to Harass Victim

A journalist claims that her stalker used Sora 2, the latest video app from OpenAI, to churn out videos of her.

futurism.com

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Lex McMenamin (they/them) @leximcmenamin.com · 5d

Greta Thunberg, deported to Greece, says the targeting of the Sumud Flotilla is "not the story" @teenvogue.com — instead, she says:

"Israel once again violated international humanitarian law by preventing aid from getting into Gaza while people are being starved.”

Greta Thunberg On Her Detention: I'm "Not The Story" — It's Israel Violating International Humanitarian Law

“I could talk for a very, very long time about our mistreatment and abuses in our imprisonment. Trust me. But that is not the story.”

www.teenvogue.com

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