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Mirel 🇨🇦

@miralelian.bsky.social

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Generic person who suffers from depression. Sometimes funny, often not. Mostly use social media to keep tabs on what creative people I like are doing, and current events. Let me know when the revolution begins, I'm with you comrades.

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Mirel 🇨🇦 @miralelian.bsky.social · Jan 19

Sometimes I type replies that my first thoughts think are good ideas.

More often than I'd like to admit, my second thoughts tell me "stop being stupid, don't post that."

But sometimes things get past my second thoughts, and my third thoughts say "Was it /really/ that clever? Best just delete it."

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Out of Context Simpsons Treehouse of Horror @ooccouchgags.bsky.social · 2d

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Lynn Becker @cmgiulini.bsky.social · 12h

After spending 43 years in prison for a crime he didn't commit, evidence hidden by the prosecution reversed his conviction. Rather than finally enjoying freedom, ICE abducted him for deportation

Depraved.

www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...

He was wrongfully imprisoned for 43 years. Moments after being released, ICE took him

Subramanyam “Subu” Vedam now faces deportation.

www.miamiherald.com

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Nash @radiodeadair.com · 11h

Remember that if the Democrats take power again, they will go into great detail telling you why they can't do things.

You will tell them that Trump did those things, and they will say he broke the law.

You will then ask why he hasn't been arrested, and they will be very quiet.

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Ify Nwadiwe @ifycomedy.com · 14h

I think we really should stop using antifa and just fully say anti-fascist and get them saying they are against anti fascism. Using antifa is giving them some distance and I genuinely think some of their base don’t even know that’s what it stands for.

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Lissa480 @lisstless.bsky.social · 14h

The democratic leaders are trying to figure out how to lead while ignoring this democratic leader!
This is how it's done!
Lifting up, not selling out the trans community.
Building trust in good faith.
The world is watching his actions and yours.
Fight for them damnit! They've fought for everyone!

Katelyn Boo-urns @katelynburns.com · 23h

I wrote a little about some of the little details you might have missed in this video and why it hit me so hard as a trans person this morning:

www.burnsnotice.com/you-have-to-...

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Mirel 🇨🇦 @miralelian.bsky.social · 13h

While I completely empathize, and wouldn't want you to be uncomfortable doing so, I would just like to say that I really enjoyed the times you played on RDA in the past.

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Tim Onion @bencollins.bsky.social · 14h

theonion.com/ice-raids-my...

MYTH: ICE agents lack proper training.

FACT: Most have been racists their entire lives.

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Craig Harrington @craigipedia.bsky.social · 1d

If this reminds you of an extremely famous book you might have read in high school… yes.

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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No More Robots @nomorerobots.io · 2d

Here's how we handle manchildren on the Steam forums at No More Robots:

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Mike W @gekido.bsky.social · 1d

so Google just added a bunch (more) AI bullshit to Chrome

Go through these steps to disable it:

opus.ing/posts/how-to...

#chrome #aibullshit

How to Remove AI From Your Google Chrome Experience - Opus

Follow these steps to resist the AI-pocalypse in your everyday web browsing.

opus.ing

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 22h

New — Video shared with me shows ICE officers in DC detaining a man on Friday.

Bystander filming asks man for his name. ICE agent lies and says he’s not allowed to speak to him “by law” and another says “We’ve arrested American citizens for being too close…If he gets any closer, put him in cuffs.”

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Greg Pak @gregpak.net · 1d

Racist, fascist billionaires control consumer-facing "A.i." Do not use this propaganda tech.

Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 1d

The administration “is currently pressuring OpenAI and other AI companies to make their models more conservative-friendly.”

OpenAI is trying to clamp down on ‘bias’ in ChatGPT

GPT-5 is better at resisting liberal ‘pressure,’ the company says.

www.theverge.com

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Lindsay Beyerstein @beyerstein.bsky.social · 1d

Their goal is revenge against every scientist who told them something they didn't want to hear or made them feel inferior by knowing more than they do.

Scott Hanselman 🌮 @scott.hanselman.com · 1d

WTF is their goal? Small government means every man for themselves when the next catastrophe hits? What is the point? Government isn’t a business, it’s a service for the people. You’re saving minimal money with these cuts and only hurting literally everyone

Sheryl Gay Stolberg @sherylnyt.bsky.social · 1d

BREAKING: Friday night massacre underway at CDC. Doznes of "disease detectives," high-level scientists, entire Washington staff and editors of the MMWR (Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report) have all been RIFed and received the following notice:

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The Pleasure Vice Principle (he/him/his) @hannibaltabu.bsky.social · 1d

I saw the dot coms crash from a front row seat. AI is running out of money way faster.

The evangelism is insecurity from people who made the wrong bet. I’ve seen it before. futurism.com/future-socie...

AI Data Centers Are an Even Bigger Disaster Than Previously Thought

An investment manager realized he made a crucial mistake — and that his grim prediction about AI investments may not have been cynical enough.

futurism.com

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Why did we stop making pyramids? @signalfire6.bsky.social · 1d

Just for fun, Miller should show him that painting of the White House burning down in 1814.

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Mirel 🇨🇦 @miralelian.bsky.social · 1d

No, but Fox would focus on isolated incidents (often done by right-wing agitators in the crowd, if not escalation by the police) and lie that the entire protest was like that.

And now *those* clips are being shown as B-roll along with the current protests, and president mush-for-brains sees it.

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Mirel 🇨🇦 @miralelian.bsky.social · 1d

5am this morning, woken up by the sudden silence of a power outage... Immediate thought was "if this is the end of the world, please just make it quick..."

Was disappointed when it turned out to just be a mundane localized neighbourhood issue.

So that's where I am, how's everyone else doing? 🫩

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Winnipeg Free Press @winnipegfreepress.com · 1d

TORONTO – Neil Young says he plans to pull his music off Amazon’s streaming service as he urges fans to stop supporting the corporate giant.

'Buy local': Neil Young says he will remove his music from Amazon's streaming service

TORONTO – Neil Young says he plans to pull his music off Amazon’s streaming service as he urges fans to stop supporting the corporate giant.

www.winnipegfreepress.com

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Costa Samaras @costasamaras.com · 2d

Picture how big the Hoover Dam is. An absolute unit. The Hoover Dam has a power capacity of 2 gigawatts (GW).

The solar farm that the Admin just cancelled could have produces 6.2 GW of power. That's more than 3 Hoover Dams.

jael holzman @jael.bsky.social · 2d

SCOOP: The Bureau of Land Management says the largest solar project in Nevada — the Esmeralda 7 mega-farm — has been canceled

The news was quietly dropped via a sudden website update with no public word from any of the companies involved or a statement from the agency

@heatmap.news

Esmeralda 7 Solar Project Has Been Canceled, BLM Says

It would have delivered a gargantuan 6.2 gigawatts of power.

heatmap.news

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Jacob Shamsian @jayshams.bsky.social · 2d

I've been wondering why Dominion Voting Systems suddenly reached settlements with Rudy Giuliani, Sidney Powell, and One America News.

Turns out, it's been purchased by a Republican-owned election tech firm that insisted on it, per Axios.

www.axios.com/2025/10/09/d...

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Imani Gandy Corn 🎃 @angryblacklady.blacksky.app · 1d

Remember how people lost their minds when I said go to a protest but don't rsvp to one

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Mirel 🇨🇦 @miralelian.bsky.social · 1d

You could negotiate the best deal in the world where both sides get everything they want.

And then the next day two neurons fail to connect in trump's dementia addled brain (aided by whichever fascist aid/cabinet member has his attention that afternoon), and we're back to 200% tariffs or some shit.

Mirel 🇨🇦 @miralelian.bsky.social · 1d

Hmm, I'm watching with a friend at a pace of 1ep/wk... and coincidentally, we're also watching Dr. Who, and we're at "The Flux", so - disappointing resolutions all around coming up.

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Erin Biba @erinbiba.bsky.social · 2d

LMAOOOOO

A bunch of comedians tried to make up for their participation in the Riyadh comedy festival by donating their pay to Human Rights Watch and Human rights Watch was like “nah bitch we don’t want your dirty blood money” 😂😂 I’m dying

Human Rights Watch Doesn’t Want Any Riyadh Comedy Festival Money

Taking money from those who took money from Saudi Arabia would impact perception of the org’s independence.

www.vulture.com

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TBSkyen @tbskyen.com · 2d

Literally everyone knew it would happen, but I didn't think it'd be that soon or that catastrophoc

404 Media @404media.co · 2d

BREAKING: A catastrophic breach has impacted Discord user data including selfies and identity documents uploaded as part of the app’s verification process, email addresses, phone numbers, approximately where the user lives, and much more.

🔗 www.404media.co/the-discord-...

The Discord Hack is Every Users’ Worst Nightmare

A hack impacting Discord’s age verification process shows in stark terms the risk of tech companies collecting users’ ID documents. Now the hackers are posting peoples’ IDs and other sensitive informa...

www.404media.co

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