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Kool Karyn @koolkaryn.bsky.social · 1h

ICE Agents Drag Blind Man Across Pavement and Drop Him on His Head!
“I think they wanted to make a point. So they picked the weakest person they could find and made a big show"

They call Portland a war zone? The only people that’s making it a war zone are ICE.

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ICE Agents Drag Blind Man Across Pavement and Drop Him on His Head

“I think they wanted to make a point. So they picked the weakest person they could find and made a big show out of it.”

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Roland Meyer @bildoperationen.bsky.social · 2h

There’s a growing & deeply problematic tendency to use #genAI for political and historical education Take this example from Germany, which translates as: «Hey AI, who should I vote for.» What’s typical here is that AI is not only addressed as pseudo-person but also as a kind of impartial judge
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Landtagswahl.ai

KI-generierte Bilder aus den Wahlprogrammen der Parteien zur Landtagswahl - Ausstellung und Podiumsdiskussion; Materialien für Schulklassen

www.landtagswahl.ai

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Roland Meyer @bildoperationen.bsky.social · 2h

AI image generation not only lends such generic visualizations of imaginary future scenarios a statistical pseudo-objectivity and a deceptive aura of neutrality, but also renders the politics employed to realize such a future invisible – by showing only results and no decisions or processes
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Roland Meyer @bildoperationen.bsky.social · 2h

And it’s thus no coincidence that right-wing parties have used exactly this kind of images before in a similar manner: if your politics is all about offering imaginary solutions to mostly phantasmatic problems, generative AI is the perfect tool for propaganda. Every slogan can become an image
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Facebook of Reimond Hoffmann, AfD, with the Berlin Reichtstag, flying cars, German flags all over, and the caption: «Berlin, a week after the AfD takes government»

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Sylvia Ulloa @sylviaulloa.bsky.social · 11h

Brown and black youths are aged up for any mistreatment; 30 year old white Nazis are just kids who don’t know better.

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Adam Cohen (My Personal Views Only) @axidentaliberal.bsky.social · 11h

The Affordable Care Act became law in 2010

Since then, Republicans tried to repeal, replace, defund and overturn it

NEVER did they offer a viable alternative to it

Now-as health insurance costs are exploding-they’re terrified

Because it threatens their hegemony over the American body politic

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 12h

COLLINS: If you have a healthcare plan, why not have that out there to talk about in the public so people can hear it?

MIKE JOHNSON: We need to get back to regular session so we can. We will not negotiate with legislative terrorists

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Mike Masnick @mmasnick.bsky.social · 9h

I thought this was just yet another "don't scrape us" lawsuits, but holy shit, this is way, way dumber. Having looked at the details, this lawsuit by Reddit is one of the worst, anti-internet lawsuits I've seen in a while. It's so dumb. Will need to write about it...

The Verge @theverge.com · 20h

Reddit sues Perplexity for allegedly ripping its content to feed AI

Reddit’s data is hugely helpful for training AI models.

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🪷MsGrumpyBunny🪷 @msgrumpybunny.bsky.social · 7h

Republicans would rather you go into insane debt, bankrupt or lose your life...

If you have a heartattack, need live-saving surgery and a stay in the ICU, it can cost you approx $200-400k without insurance.

805+ people in the US have a heart attack each year.

F*ck Republicans

Text: TRUMP'S BIG BEAUTIFUL BILL FALLOUT:
ACA SUBSIDIES EXPIRE IN 2026
HEALTHCARE PREMIUMS SPIKE
BUT HEY, BILLIONAIRES GOT THEIR TAX BREAK

REFORMERS

Photo of a man and woman sitting at a kitchen counter looking frustrated at a piece of paper. Coffee pot, cup and laptop sitting near them.

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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 2h

Did the New York Times have an editorial meeting where they said something like “these are trustworthy people, we should take their word, put it headlines, that’s good journalism.”

Did they go so far as to say “we should help the Trump administration sell this action”?

Or do they just sorta do it?

“U.S. Strikes 2nd Boat in Pacific as Antidrug Operation Expands”

New York Times headline, October 23, 2025.

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/22/us/politics/trump-drug-boat-strike-colombia.html

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Melanie D’Arrigo @darrigomelanie.bsky.social · 2h

Elon Musk spent $291M electing Trump.

In exchange, Trump allowed him to gut the federal agencies investigating and regulating his companies.

Now he’s building a robot army that he wants to control with little oversight.

This should terrify you.

No Kings means no oligarchs too

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Paul 📎🇵🇸🇺🇦🇮🇷🇳🇴🇪🇺🌍 @pkej.bsky.social · 1h

så lenge ingen har skrevet - med prikk over og under som tolles til + under produksjon og alle voksne insisterer at det bare er uvant er du trygg

9 år gamle meg som måtte mase mye før de tok en ny synstest og oppdaget at man ikke går seg til en forverring

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Zappit @zappit.bsky.social · 1h

The right has been demonizing the left as a violent, unhinged mob, and that they are dangerous and the military needs to be used on them.

And No Kings was peaceful. It was covered by every media outlet, and even they admitted there were no arrests of protestors. This is important. /2

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Wolverines Unite @arisewolverines.bsky.social · 8h

AMERICA! Our govt is stalled. Corporations don’t care. ICE raids signal collapse. Jobs vanish; prices soar. The tyrant’s grip tightens. Protest is vital, but insufficient. It’s time to ignite a GENERAL STRIKE—bold & unified—to save the soul of our beloved nation, whatever the cost #generalstrikeus

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Let’s Tango @letstango.bsky.social · 12h

I hate to say it, but as a New Yorker who lives 5 blocks from Columbia, he couldn’t have gotten to UVA if Ivy’s like Columbia hadn’t sold out to him before his “compact” bullshit.

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Senator Chris Van Hollen @vanhollen.senate.gov · 12h

We need to call out those who cave to Trump's bullying, and that is exactly what UVA is doing here.

It's not just wrong — it's counterproductive, feeds the beast, and just encourages more mafia-like blackmail from this lawless administration.

University of Virginia reaches deal to pause Trump administration probes

The agreement includes no monetary penalty and no external monitoring, U-Va. officials said. The Justice Department says the school must prohibit DEI to close the federal probes.

www.washingtonpost.com

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Everything Hat Ever Sent You Is Off The Record @kenwhite.bsky.social · 11h

I for one think the Epstein Ballroom will be magnificent. I love the decor theme of “what if Uday Hussein ran a Ramada Inn.” And giving it a theme song everyone will associate with it is a stroke of brilliance! “Thank Heaven for Little Girls” is very catchy.

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Paul 📎🇵🇸🇺🇦🇮🇷🇳🇴🇪🇺🌍 @pkej.bsky.social · 1h

Some good news for Ukraine, but not for Palestine.

Just Security @justsecurity.org · 1h

Today's news roundup:

-Trump imposes sanctions on Russian oil companies
-US carries out two strikes on alleged drug-smuggling boats in the Pacific
-Pentagon announces ‘Next Generation’ press corps
-100 Federal agents sent to San Francisco

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www.justsecurity.org/123171/early...

Early Edition: October 23, 2025

A curated weekday guide to major news and developments over the last 24 hours.

www.justsecurity.org

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Just Security @justsecurity.org · 1h

Today's news roundup:

-Trump imposes sanctions on Russian oil companies
-US carries out two strikes on alleged drug-smuggling boats in the Pacific
-Pentagon announces ‘Next Generation’ press corps
-100 Federal agents sent to San Francisco

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www.justsecurity.org/123171/early...

Early Edition: October 23, 2025

A curated weekday guide to major news and developments over the last 24 hours.

www.justsecurity.org

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Sverre Gaarder 😇 @sgaarder.bsky.social · 3h

Har ikke Dagens Næringsliv lesere som engasjerer seg i kommentarfeltene?

DN-spalte får egne journalister til å sende leserspørsmål under falske navn

Reportasjeleder Anders Kemp i DN får kollegaer, venner og bekjente til å lage spørsmål under fiktive identiteter til den ukentlige spalten «Stilkoden».

www.vg.no

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Carline Tromp @pallaskatt.bsky.social · 6h

Når Choi bruker posisjonen sin til å hylle MAGA-bevegelsen og gå god for aktører som tar til orde for politisk vold, er det noe som må tas på alvor - som jeg er glad for at Marsdal bruker tid på. For det er lett å avfeie - han er jo bare reality-kjendis og influenser, liksom. (8/8)

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Carline Tromp @pallaskatt.bsky.social · 6h

Jeg har tidligere beskrevet det Subjekt driver med som det kontrær-industrielle komplekset. Sterke meninger som valuta. "Forbudt kunnskap" som lokkemiddel. Tenk kritisk, ikke hør på dem, hør på meg! Choi er en smart entreprenør i denne bizznizzen, men folk _hører på ham_. Ofte ukritisk. (7/8)

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Carline Tromp @pallaskatt.bsky.social · 6h

Så er det Choi som aktør i dette. Han profilerer seg ofte i mediene som en seriøs redaktør og en forsvarer av ytringsfrihet og liberale verdier. Samtidig er han en meningsleder i en influensersfære der det handler om å være drøy og få folk til å klikke (i flere forstand). (6/8)

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Carline Tromp @pallaskatt.bsky.social · 6h

Det blir en selvforsterkende dynamikk, der noe blir ansett som en nyhetssak fordi en some-profil fronter noe, og all eksponering gir profilen mer klikk og salg. Dermed blir redaktørstyrte medier dratt med i en reklamekarusell der oppmerksomhet = cash. (*host* husmorhæren) (5/8)

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Paul 📎🇵🇸🇺🇦🇮🇷🇳🇴🇪🇺🌍 @pkej.bsky.social · 7h

We could read this in the light of Ai Weiwei’s «What I Wish I Had Known About Germany Earlier» which is relevant to a certain degree for several western countries with euthanasia or considering euthanasia

Paul 📎🇵🇸🇺🇦🇮🇷🇳🇴🇪🇺🌍 @pkej.bsky.social · 12h

Are we to believe that this won’t or isn’t happening in other countries?

Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 14h

“Sick and elderly Canadians who have refused to end their lives via MAiD have reported being called selfish by their providers”

This is happening in Canada

Disabled people have assisted dying suggested to them when what they need is care

Unsurprisingly, it happens most to those living in poverty

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🌏🐶🦕🥳 Vegetable Gremlin ⍼👻🥦💥🏠♫ @vegetablegremlin.bsky.social · 15h

it's always invoked to say since people can grow and change we should therefor assume it's already happened

but then we see how change usually plays out and remember Sinema started as a Super Lefty

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