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Ghost Coast. @spectralthrum.myatproto.social · 1h

Oh nooo

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Ghost Coast. @spectralthrum.myatproto.social · 3h

Good.

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Mark Harris @markharris.bsky.social · 4h

Mamdani talking lucidly and passionately about trans rights and history in a video that should frankly shame every politician who has hemmed and hawed and triangulated and said, "Well, but sports..." It's not that hard to tell the truth and stand for what's right. www.youtube.com/watch?v=bEvV...

Until It's Done: Sylvia Rivera

YouTube video by Zohran Mamdani for NYC

www.youtube.com

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Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai @lorenzofb.bsky.social · 1d

SCOOP: Spyware maker NSO Group confirmed to us that the company has been acquired by a U.S. investment group.

NSO's spokesperson said the group "has invested tens of millions of dollars in the company and has acquired controlling ownership," but declined to say who is behind the investment.

Spyware maker NSO Group confirms acquisition by US investors | TechCrunch

NSO Group confirmed to TechCrunch that an unnamed group of American investors has taken “controlling ownership” of the surveillance tech maker.

techcrunch.com

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Emissary Of Night | ليلى @diplomatofnight.com · 4h

Being mad at Ms Rachel is a pretty good tell that you're just mad that people care about Palestine at all— many such cases actually but in that context these people will die mad because people will always care

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cait (and adonis) @cait.bsky.social · 5h

I genuinely cannot express how vital it is that you train yourself to recognize AI-generated images and videos for your own good because none of this is going away and many, many people are counting on you to fall for their shit

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Dr Eleanor Janega @goingmedieval.bsky.social · 6h

If I see you posting AI slop, it's an instant block. Even if you think it's cute or says a lot about society. If you are purporting that some AI slop is real news, I will report you for misinformation, and then block you. Sloppers should be marginalised.

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Aurelien Mondon @aurelmondon.bsky.social · 12h

Regardless of what one thinks of the Greens and Zack Polanski, there is something refreshing and much needed about seeing a politician name far-right discourse as it is

No more euphemising, no more "populism", "legitimate concerns" etc - accurate & damning depictions instead as needed

Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 13h

Greens growing. Reform ratttled.

PS - I changed my name back to my family's original Jewish name because I'm proud of being Jewish. If Tice think that makes me a weirdo, I think that makes him an antisemite.

Join.greenparty.org.uk

Tice "green party leader Zack Polanski is a weirdo. Changed his name, claimed hypnosis could increase women's breast size, thinks me should compete in women's sport, thinks women can have a penis. Other than that he's fine. Vote Green. Get weirdo."

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รℓσαɳε ℓყรɓεƭɦ 🏳️‍🌈 @sloanelysbeth.bsky.social · 13h

this is called 'corruption'.

The Guardian @theguardian.com · 14h

Tony Blair and Nick Clegg hosted dinner giving tech bosses access to UK minister

Exclusive: Six tech leaders dined with investment minister, documents reveal, underlining growing influence of ex-PM’s consultancy Tony Blair and Nick Clegg hosted a private dinner earlier this year at which a select group of technology entrepreneurs were given access to a key minister, official documents have revealed. The former prime minister, who is a champion of the tech industry, held the dinner in an upmarket London hotel in his capacity as the head of the Tony Blair Institute (TBI) political consultancy. Continue reading...

www.theguardian.com

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Chris(tyn) Parkes @parkesland.bsky.social · 13h

This is such a crucial contribution.

Cass' zeal to deny trans healthcare to kids is a threat to trans healthcare to all, especially those 18-25. The conspiracy theories of 'rapid onset gender dysphoria' and 'social contagion' that Cass' work is premised on taints its approach to all trans people.

Claire's Trans Talks @clairestranstalks.bsky.social · 15h

Part 2 of the Gender Clinic Files is out, looking at the impact if Cass recommendations for adult services were introduced, affecting more than 32k young trans adults just from the current waiting list.

Huge thanks to @wearequeeraf.com & @whatthetrans.com for their work on this series.

Majority of adults waiting for Trans+ healthcare are under 25

Two-thirds of Trans+ people would lose care if all Cass Review recommendations implemented

www.wearequeeraf.com

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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 13h

Greens growing. Reform ratttled.

PS - I changed my name back to my family's original Jewish name because I'm proud of being Jewish. If Tice think that makes me a weirdo, I think that makes him an antisemite.

Join.greenparty.org.uk

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Dr. Johnathan Flowers, Blade Wielding Bisexual (Lordean arc) @shengokai.blacksky.app · 1d

Since Link is banned, his mutual aid Fridays have gone with him. This was one of the most altruistic things I’ve seen anyone on this site do.

In light of this, I’m gonna try to fill the gap.

Drop your mutual aid requests under this thread and I will repost them for as long as I can.

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Ghost Coast. @spectralthrum.myatproto.social · 1d

Ahhh, our eyes, mate!

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Ghost Coast. @spectralthrum.myatproto.social · 1d

That's exactly it, coupled with Manifest Destiny (even if they don't call it that).

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Ghost Coast. @spectralthrum.myatproto.social · 1d

Pretty much. Aside from the SPLC, or Sarah Posner (whose work I've been following since she was w/ Religious Dispatches), there are a lot of former/ex-evangelicals on here that can attest to just how messed this sort of thing actually is.

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Ghost Coast. @spectralthrum.myatproto.social · 1d

What more than person has pointed out is that in the case of a lot of evangelicals, they're not actually familiar w/ anything Jesus said or did, even read the Bible/ the Gospels in their entirety. Instead, you have people that selectively read & discuss the fire & brimstone, & not-socialist aspects.

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Ghost Coast. @spectralthrum.myatproto.social · 1d

religiondispatches.org/navi-and-gol...

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Ghost Coast. @spectralthrum.myatproto.social · 1d

What I remember about Avatar is that the film was alright, just felt like really fancy cgi (which it was), and that some Palestinians dressed up as Pandorans to protest against the then newly built wall, and got tear-gassed for it.

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Aurelien Mondon @aurelmondon.bsky.social · 1d

In France, it seems the cordon sanitaire around the far right may be about to break

@luke-shuttleworth.bsky.social, @k8ebrown.bsky.social and I argue in this article that its efficacy has been consistently damaged by the mainstreaming of far-right discourse

www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

The pretence of the cordon sanitaire: non-collaboration as a distraction from discursive congruence

Much has been written about how mainstream parties respond to far-right challengers in liberal democracies. Whereas some mainstream parties have become more open to forming coalitions with far-righ...

www.tandfonline.com

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Holly Brigstocke @hollybrigstocke.bsky.social · 2d

The Guardian love buffing their progressive credentials yet are rabid transphobes. Now Farage is being accused of being fascist they're all over him yet make no mention Hillsdale Collage are rabid transphobes linked to Project 2025 and the Heritage Foundation.

www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Nigel Farage accuses teachers of ‘poisoning our kids’ on race issues

Exclusive: Reform UK leader’s remarks at event for private US college criticised as ‘grossly irresponsible’ by NEU leader

www.theguardian.com

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Citizen.Coping @propcazhpm.bsky.social · Apr 9

Paul Robeson had his passport revoked and was blacklisted for his political activism.

Was recently learning about artists who rallied to support him financially so he could feed his family.

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Ghost Coast. @spectralthrum.myatproto.social · 2d

*to the ear, oy.

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