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audie verde @audieverde.bsky.social · 10h

I have been watching the devastating videos from friends and colleagues. Some folks are still missing in cold waters. The few news and info sources for locals are also the same ones being cut by federal funding. People should know this is happening

KTOO Public Media @ktoopublicmedia.bsky.social · 10h

The U.S. Coast Guard commander for Western Alaska compared the devastation in Southwest Alaska villages over the weekend to the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.

(From @alaskapublic.org)

Officials say storm 'completely devastated' Western Alaska communities

A Coast Guard commander recounts scenes of Alaskans swimming in floodwaters in the middle of the night, in search of debris to hold onto.

www.ktoo.org

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Chuck Taggart, Private Eye @sazeracla.bsky.social · 20h

I would not have known about this had it not been for local indigenous folk there posting here.

News Eye @newseye.bsky.social · 20h

NEW: There’s a disaster unfolding in Alaska right now. And no major network is covering it.

The remnants of Typhoon Halong battered western Alaska overnight. Homes, with people in them, have literally been swept into the Bering Strait.

At least 20 are missing. No comment from any federal agency.

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[redacted], MLIS @unbuildingwalls.bsky.social · 20h

Y'all there are "AI" overview buttons *inside* of WaPo articles now.

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Dan Hirschman @asociologist.bsky.social · 1d

Two frames from The Good Place:

“Fun fact: Columbus is in the Bad Place
because of all the raping, slave trade, and genocide.”

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[redacted], MLIS @unbuildingwalls.bsky.social · 1d

Fuck you, Christopher Columbus. I hope hell is real for genocidal maniacs.

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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 1d

Some people might laugh but there's something actually important in this as I have heard others talk about how a fear of dying is palpable among fascists. They carry hell with them in real life.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Trump: "I don't think there's anything that's gonna get me in heaven. I think I'm not maybe heaven bound. I may be in heaven right now as we fly on Air Force One. I'm not sure I'm gonna be able to make heaven."

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southpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · 1d

The deportation order is based on Vedam’s conviction for murder—a crime he did not actually commit and for which he’s now been wholly exonerated. He entered the US at 9 months old and was a legal permanent resident before his conviction. We are so, so, so far from the light of justice.

Lynn Becker @cmgiulini.bsky.social · 2d

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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[redacted], MLIS @unbuildingwalls.bsky.social · 1d

Sometimes the $5 DVD bin provides

A DVD collection of MTV's Aeon Flux the animated series.

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 2d

FUCK ICE FOREVER

Lynn Becker @cmgiulini.bsky.social · 2d

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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Faine Greenwood @faineg.bsky.social · 3d

it’s said all the time but I think we should continue to hammer home how insane it is that we got dead-eyed bros trying to sell us robots that will free us from the supposedly cruel burden of “creative careers” instead of the actual cruel burden of “doing menial household chores”

Assistant HR Director of Antifa @sethdmichaels.bsky.social · 3d

AI HUCKSTER: "i built you a machine that reads books for you."

ME: "can you build me a machine that unloads the dishwasher for me so *i* can read a book?"

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Emily Galvin-Almanza @galvinalmanza.bsky.social · 2d

Seriously, Judges *do no do things like this*

They don't give their opinion to the media

They don't criticize how SCOTUS works

This is them breaking the emergency glass, folks
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/11/u...

Federal Judges, Warning of ‘Judicial Crisis,’ Fault Supreme Court’s Emergency Orders

www.nytimes.com

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Chicago mag @chicagomag.com · 2d

Tony Fitzpatrick has died. Read our 2024 interview with the Chicago artist, actor, and poet here: buff.ly/5hv2CCN

Tony Fitzpatrick

The artist, actor, and poet, 65, on surviving a heart attack and being a rebel.

www.chicagomag.com

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[redacted], MLIS @unbuildingwalls.bsky.social · 2d

I decamped to Milwaukee a few years ago but almost went down for his opening at Great Lakes Tattoo last weekend and I really wish I had! What a loss 💔

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kim-mn.bsky.social @kim-mn.bsky.social · 2d

IMLS’s new team decided that nearly all of the $14.1 million allocated to the Nat'l Leadership Grants for Libraries(in 2025) is going to 1 recipient, the U.S. Semiquincentennial Co.

So instead of our taxes going to support our libraries, we're paying for a UFC fight on the white house lawn.

skellyton bones jensen @heykellyjensen.bsky.social · 2d

It's October 2025 and the federal government is shut down.

So what's currently going on at the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS)? Well, a lot of money seems to be "missing," among other things.

buttondown.com/wellsourced/...

The Current State of the Institute of Museum and Library Services (October 2025 Edition)

Grant money that should be going to library projects is going to state-sponsored propaganda, among other IMLS updates.

buttondown.com

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[redacted], MLIS @unbuildingwalls.bsky.social · 2d

NightMar on Hicks Street, Part 4: The Rabbit’s Revenge @histoftech.bsky.social · 4d

“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.”

Hang onto your butts. This “correction” is gonna hurt.
futurism.com/artificial-i...

Bank of England Warns of Impending AI Disaster

The Bank of England has sounded the alarm, warning of an intensifying risk of a "sudden correction" due to an AI spending frenzy.

futurism.com

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Eric Reinhart @eric-reinhart.com · 2d

The law is not a guide to ethics. Law often sanctions, even demands, unjust violence against others and oneself. Under fascism, it becomes unavoidably obvious to any honest actor that genuine ethics requires law-breaking in defense of one’s neighbors and of a fundamental right to difference.

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[redacted], MLIS @unbuildingwalls.bsky.social · 2d

It's this kind of full chested support of trans folks from pols or GTFO.

And if you think "that may work in NYC but not X," stop that nonsense. We elect people to lead. LEAD.

Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 3d

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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J. C. Cantwell 🌻 @segfaultvicta.aludel.xyz · 3d

FROG 🐸 SEMIOTICS 🐸 REDEMPTION 🐸 ARC

Ariella Elm @ariellaelm.bsky.social · 3d

I don’t think we’re talking enough about the fact that we successfully took back the frog. Like it has been a meme for the alt right for years now, and thanks to these Portland inflatable costumes, we’re taking it back

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Mel @thegatesofmel.blacksky.app · 3d

Calling these things “mistakes” is disingenuous and lazy. A 45 year old fragrance in a bottle that is scented like the fucking fragrance is not a damn drug and everyone knows that. www.nbcnews.com/news/asian-a...

Indian immigrant fights deportation after police mistake perfume labeled 'Opium' for the narcotic

Kapil Raghu, 28, was arrested in May after an officer in central Arkansas spotted the rollerball perfume bottle in his car during a routine traffic stop.

www.nbcnews.com

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[redacted], MLIS @unbuildingwalls.bsky.social · 3d

That's consistent with this article (which I wasn't even looking for, it came up when I was looking for more info on the super pigs!)

Wild Pigs Are Causing Big Problems in California's Bay Area, and Their Population Seems to Be Growing

Land managers and other authorities are ramping up efforts to trap and kill the destructive, non-native animals

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[redacted], MLIS @unbuildingwalls.bsky.social · 3d

Suddenly I'm thinking of the MaddAddam trilogy ...

Sharon @sharonk.bsky.social · Jan 9

here is the current tactical map of where feral swine populations have consolidated

the major worry is if the Canadian superhogs end up making their way down south and breeding with the American hogs

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[redacted], MLIS @unbuildingwalls.bsky.social · 3d

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[redacted], MLIS @unbuildingwalls.bsky.social · 3d

"OpenAI Inc.'s failure to shield internal communications about pirated books from copyright plaintiffs threatens to expose the company to billions in damages and potentially debilitating sanctions."

OpenAI Risks Billions as Court Weighs Privilege in Copyright Row

OpenAI Inc.'s failure to shield internal communications about pirated books from copyright plaintiffs threatens to expose the company to billions in damages and potentially debilitating sanctions.

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Marie Cerda @primalux.thedeadbird.club · 3d

Literally hold this man accountable in ANY WAY other than fining him, because he has the money and openly says that doing what he wants and just paying the fines is how he does things.
Better yet, stop hiring his companies.

Boring Company cited for almost 800 environmental violations in Las Vegas

Violations include digging without permits and dumping wastewater into storm drains.

arstechnica.com

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[redacted], MLIS @unbuildingwalls.bsky.social · 3d

All while the rest of my family is like "Uh oh she's on her AI nonsense again" 🫠

I hope they are right and I'm wrong but historically my "uh this is bad" takes have been validated.

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