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an arch on @anarchonbury.bsky.social · 1d

65% of the way there. Can you help make it 66?

an arch on @anarchonbury.bsky.social · 18d

I've been quiet for a while. It's been due to a number of factors, the most prominent of which is poor health.

I need surgery, and I'm stuck in limbo. Please help.

www.justgiving.com/crowdfunding...

Help raise £6500 to help cure James' disease. – JustGiving Crowdfunding

Iʼm raising money to help cure James' disease.. Support this JustGiving Crowdfunding Page.

www.justgiving.com

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elia ayoub 🌱 @ayoub.bsky.social · 14h

Absolutely horrible news - Saleh was killed today

www.middleeasteye.net/news/saleh-a...

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Juno Rylee Schultz @junoryleejournalism.com · 4d

David Simon, creator of ‘The Wire’, being interviewed by Ari Shapiro (NPR)

SHAPIRO: OK, so you've spent your career creating television without Al, and I could imagine today you thinking, boy, I wish I had had that tool to solve those thorny problems...
SIMON: What?
SHAPIRO: ...Or saying...
SIMON: You imagine that?
SHAPIRO: ...Boy, if that had existed, it would have screwed me over.
SIMON: I don't think Al can remotely challenge what writers do at a fundamentally creative level.
SHAPIRO: But if you're trying to transition from scene five to scene six, and you're stuck with that transition, you could imagine plugging that portion of the script into an Al and say, give me 10 ideas for how to transition this.
SIMON: I'd rather put a gun in my mouth.

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pixelatedboat aka “mr bluesky” @pixelatedboat.bsky.social · 3d

Nice try, “Paul A. Thompson”

A Pitchfork review for One Battle After Another that call it a “nerve-wracking masterpiece”, written by one Paul A. Thompson

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Jamal abu hashem🇵🇸 @jamalzuhir.bsky.social · 26d

Here is Jamal from Gaza whose family lost everything and he is trying with all his might to rebuild their lives and help them with the crazy costs in Gaza and travel outside Gaza when the crossings open. I hope you support us. Your little support, even if it is $5

chuffed.org/project/1389...

Help Jamal’s family leave the war zone and rebuild their life!

Hi my loves! My name is Caroline, and I created this fundraiser to help Jamal support his family as they fight to survive the genocide in Gaza, evacuate to safety, and eventually rebuild their lives f...

chuffed.org

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Bold Politics with Zack Polanski @boldpolitics.bsky.social · 1d

Solidarity with all trans and intersex people having their existence debated every time a tv host hasn't done their prep and can't think of any more questions

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Simon William Cree @piratesprogress.bsky.social · 1d

I do love that people who go on this show make arbitrary declarative statements like they're self-evident. "There must be at least one younger person who is a Traitor!" My brother, what are you talking about.

Simon William Cree @piratesprogress.bsky.social · 1d

Vanguard and leechmonger are legit choices, you should be laughed off the forum for "I found titty spider woman hot", come back when you're going to be serious about this.

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Simon William Cree @piratesprogress.bsky.social · 1d

The big problem with Celebrity Traitors is that 95% of "British" celebrities are charismatic and unfunny people.

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Cara is the darkness that binds them 🇵🇸 @geekpie.bsky.social · 1d

I also hope H from Steps is having a fucking GREAT day

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Rose Schmits @roseschmits.bsky.social · 1d

Incredibly refreshing to see a uk politician just say yes a woman can have a penis and can you be normal about trans people if you dont want them to have a dick fund their transition awesome love this guy

Bold Politics with Zack Polanski @boldpolitics.bsky.social · 1d

Solidarity with all trans and intersex people having their existence debated every time a tv host hasn't done their prep and can't think of any more questions

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Simon William Cree @piratesprogress.bsky.social · 1d

That sucks! Happened to one of my pals where they just started posting dropshipping shit from their account.

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sasha ↙︎↙︎↙︎ 🌹🏴 @2damntrans.bsky.social · 1d

Netanyahu, Biden, Trump... literally anyone and everyone who participated in and/or enabled this needs to stand trial at The Hague.

الكسندرا ميراي @lexialex.bsky.social · 1d

Palestinian orphans in Gaza marching with photos of their dead parents

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Ed Burmila @edburmila.bsky.social · 1d

Remember, this is how much it has cooked people’s brains after like one year. Think of what 10 years of this will do. Think of the brains of kids who will grow up not only unable to spot AI but unable to understand “real” and “AI generated” as two different concepts.

Cohen is a Ghost @skullmandible.bsky.social · 1d

"even if it's AI, it's at least true" hard to overstate the damage this stuff is doing to people's brains. we're gonna be cleaning the slop out of archives for decades

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Simon William Cree @piratesprogress.bsky.social · 1d

It sounds simplistic, but the first Dem who wants the presidency who says, "Day one of my administration I will dismantle ICE and prosecute those who committed criminality in their positions," will lead by +15. I do not think it's all that difficult.

bort @crushbort.bsky.social · 2d

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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elia ayoub 🌱 @ayoub.bsky.social · 1d

Labour in January: we will mainline AI into the veins of the British efonomy.

Bank of Eng now: “Concerns over an AI bubble bursting have grown lately, with analysts recently finding that it’s 17 times the size of the dotcom-era bubble and four times bigger than the 2008 financial crisis”

Cool cool

รℓσαɳε ℓყรɓεƭɦ 🏳️‍🌈 @sloanelysbeth.bsky.social · 1d

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Simon William Cree @piratesprogress.bsky.social · 1d

The country completely incapable of keeping any ceasefire, do we think can be trusted to keep the latest one?

The National @scotnational.bsky.social · 1d

Israel has carried out intense air strikes on southern Lebanon, killing one person, wounding seven and briefly cutting a highway that links Beirut with parts of south Lebanon, the Health Ministry said

Israel strikes south Lebanon, killing one and wounding seven

www.thenational.scot

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Dia Lacina @dialacina.com · 1d

Bottoms rise up.

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Jamal abu hashem🇵🇸 @jamalzuhir.bsky.social · 2d

Honestly, it’s exhausting that people think Gazans should only ask for help to survive to eat, to stay alive but not to dream, to study, or to rebuild their lives. Wanting education, safety, and a future isn’t greed. It’s being human.

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Casket Based @cineblah.bsky.social · 1d

Feels important to have seen both Zack Polanski speaking so bluntly and positively on trans rights and then to see this. Shameful how rare this is from supposedly progressive politicians.

Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 1d

UNTIL IT’S DONE, Ep. 4: Sylvia Rivera

In the 1970s, queer New Yorkers had been pushed to the margins of NYC. Our trans neighbors faced immense cruelty. But in Sylvia Rivera, they found a champion.

As we combat Trump’s politics of darkness, her legacy can light the path forward.

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Simon William Cree @piratesprogress.bsky.social · 1d

Free Palestine. 🇵🇸

Buchanan Street Steps in Glasgow, Scotland; a large group of people with placards, Palestine flags and Saltires.

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Jamal abu hashem🇵🇸 @jamalzuhir.bsky.social · 2d

It’s time get out of Gaza
let us rebuild our lives, please, my friends. share for us much as you can during this period, because there is news that the crossing will open so we can get out from Gaza.

Jamal abu hashem🇵🇸 @jamalzuhir.bsky.social · 26d

Here is Jamal from Gaza whose family lost everything and he is trying with all his might to rebuild their lives and help them with the crazy costs in Gaza and travel outside Gaza when the crossings open. I hope you support us. Your little support, even if it is $5

chuffed.org/project/1389...

Help Jamal’s family leave the war zone and rebuild their life!

Hi my loves! My name is Caroline, and I created this fundraiser to help Jamal support his family as they fight to survive the genocide in Gaza, evacuate to safety, and eventually rebuild their lives f...

chuffed.org

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dead horse @hooved-mammal.bsky.social · 2d

thing about Zack Polanski is that it might work and it might not, but if it doesn't then he's going out on his shield, which you can't say of 99% of politicians.