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dave bonner
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software developer, currently at the mit media lab. masshole. he/him. i hate having emotions about reality; i'd much rather have them about Sanctuary Moon. also @[email protected] on fedi, was @rascalking on twitter.
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I am learning here that a lot of people did not know that Trump is demanding $1 billion from UCLA. He is.
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I could bed rot for the rest of my life watching reels of comics doing crowd work on groups of ICE agents.
Any insult comics who hate violent goons/kidnapping assholes & want to up their crowd work game, get yourself to your local ICE facility with a megaphone
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Theseus: look, that was in the past, he's changed now
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Beshear, the governor of Kentucky, continues to the model that Democrats pretend doesn’t exist
Andy Beshear to Bill Maher on why he opposed a ban on trans athletes: "I care too much about sports to let government run them"
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ICE pees their pants
Here's a photo of my friend and colleague, Jorge Bautista, getting shot in the face with a flashbang grenade. The ICE Agent is so afraid of Jorge (who was posing no threat) that he has wet himself. Please share this photo. Everyone needs to know what cowards ICE agents are.
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The more time passes, the more people are going to step forward punching holes in Platner's claim he went twenty years without figuring out the significance of his own tattoo. Think about politics at the most basic gut level, here. Do you want to trust someone who seems to be lying to your face?
CNN confirms that multiple sources suggest Graham Platner knew his tattoo was a Nazi symbol years prior to launching his campaign — and is now blatantly lying about it.

www.cnn.com/2025/10/24/p...
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Context for non-Chicagoans: The median list price for homes in Lincoln Park is $758,133 according to Zillow. It's also 80% white.

When they go after places with that much privilege, know that no one is safe. And the vulnerable are even more so.
Federal immigration agents tear-gas Lakeview, raid Lincoln Park as feds focus on city’s affluent North Side
Lincoln Park Ald. Timmy Knudsen, 43rd, said masked immigration agents hit “every corner of the ward” he represents, one of the city’s wealthiest communities.
www.chicagotribune.com
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So weird that they won’t say the same about a Muslim man with no Nazi tattoos or Blackwater job experience who wants free buses.
"Not one senator said Platner’s tattoo or other controversies were disqualifying, and several acknowledged he’s bringing excitement to a party that has been struggling in the political wilderness since President Donald Trump took back power in January."

da fuc is wrong with these people
Senate Democrats tread lightly on Maine primary as new poll shows Graham Platner leading Janet Mills
Despite recent controversies, Platner has a huge lead in a recent poll and is drawing big crowds, while the two-term governor Mills is counting on her experience and achievements.
www.nbcnews.com
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The strike authorization vote has begun!

While voting commences, union baristas are holding 70 rallies and pickets through November 1st. It's time to get serious about finalizing fair contracts, Starbucks.
Baristas are rallying at Starbucks stores across the country this weekend. Here's why
As 70 rallies kick off across the country, unionized baristas say they’re fighting for fair pay and hours—just as fall coffee orders surge.
www.fastcompany.com
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The more evidence mounts that Platner is lying, the more convinced I become that he is lying not only about his past but also about his current views.
CNN confirms that multiple sources suggest Graham Platner knew his tattoo was a Nazi symbol years prior to launching his campaign — and is now blatantly lying about it.

www.cnn.com/2025/10/24/p...
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The US is continuing to launch unlawful military strikes on boats suspected of carrying drugs in the Caribbean Sea. At least 43 people have been killed since the strikes began last month.
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This is insanely illegal and incredibly fucking dangerous.
New: The Pentagon confirms to CNN it will funnel $130M from an anonymous Trump “friend” toward military pay.

Asked about the donor’s identity and any foreign or domestic entanglements, the WH referred questions to DoD. DoD then referred questions back to the WH
www.cnn.com/2025/10/24/p...
Pentagon to use $130 million donation from anonymous Trump ‘friend’ to pay military members | CNN Politics
The Trump administration plans to funnel a $130 million donation from an anonymous ally of President Donald Trump toward paying military service members during the government shutdown, the Defense Dep...
www.cnn.com
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KOSA will keep no one safe while dramatically expanding the government’s censorship and surveillance of LGBTQ+ people and anything related to sexual and reproductive health. It will also decimate networks like this one, by handing Big Tech all of our data while destroying small competitors.
Online censorship is one of the many levers of state power right-wingers have been pulling to try and snuff out queer and trans existence. But instead of fighting back, some Democrats are helping them at the controls. Read the full #OpEd from @fightforthefuture.org
Why Are Some Democrats Backing MAGA's Anti-LGBTQ+ Censorship?
From late-night host cancellations to removing LGBTQ+ history from government sites, politicians in both parties are contributing to the overwriting of the internet — a place where lots of queer and t...
www.teenvogue.com
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trump is effectively waging an undeclared war on the Americas.
"The warships will add to the 10,000 troops and dozen F-35 fighters which the administration has sent to the region over the last several weeks."
Trump orders US carrier strike group to Caribbean
The move is a major escalation of warships in the region.
www.politico.com
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Mamdani says that six years ago, a well-meaning uncle told him that he didn't have to tell people he was Muslim
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My wife and I like to leave behind clues that we're a couple on the run when leaving budget hotels. Empty hair dye boxes, cut-outs of passport photos, randomly annotated maps. Never get to see e fruits of our work, but I hope it has the desired effect.
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It's not lost on me that the part of the White House we are destroying is the part that has to do with women's history in the White House.
NEW: NBC News confirms that the Jacqueline Kennedy Garden, on the east side of the White House, has been destroyed as part of the demolition of the East Wing.

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built on theft and at massive environmental cost and most importantly, numerous studies keep demonstrating that genAI tools often work a little better than by chance. how is it that we can’t expunge these slop machines out of our institutions and communities

www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/...
Largest study of its kind shows AI assistants misrepresent news content 45% of the time – regardless of language or territory
An intensive international study was coordinated by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and led by the BBC
www.bbc.co.uk
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Everyone please diligently check your candy this year. I cracked open a snickers bar and not only did I find a copper ingot, but it was of poor quality.

Worse still, when my man Nanni confronted my neighbor about it, he was treated with disdain.
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The only aesthetically pure way to watch the original STAR WARS trilogy is these moldy grindhouse prints that were found and digitized a few years ago

You can see the OT the way it was originally seen: with the original ILM effects, in a dreamlike gauze

ENJOY:

www.dropbox.com/scl/fo/iozg1...
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This will not come as a surprise to any social media or internet researchers.

"Today, the European Commission preliminarily found both TikTok & Meta in breach of their obligation to grant researchers adequate access to public data under the Digital Services Act (#DSA)." ec.europa.eu/commission/p...
Commission preliminarily finds TikTok and Meta in breach of their transparency obligations under the Digital Services Act
Today, the European Commission preliminarily found both TikTok and Meta in breach of their obligation to grant researchers adequate access to public data under the Digital Services Act (DSA).
ec.europa.eu