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Mike Black @mikeblack114.bsky.social · 9h

The servicemembers who are conducting these strikes need to be told, explicitly, by Dems in Congress that they have criminal liability, because they do

Congressman Don Beyer @beyer.house.gov · 10h

Trump has no legal authority, "standing" or otherwise, to order the killing of people in international waters for unsubstantiated accusations of non-capital crimes.

Calling them "narcoterrorists" does not make it right or legal to order their deaths without any due process.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 13h

Trump announces another strike "just off the Coast of Venezuela" that killed 6 people

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T. Greg "Antifa General Counsel (Retired)" Doucette @gregdoucette.bsky.social · 6h

My vote in the 2028 D primary for POTUS will hinge almost entirely on the % of this Administration they promise to imprison

Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 9h

Good. Even if this doesn’t work, it’s time to go on offense.

www.newsweek.com/jb-pritzker-...

JB Pritzker looking at prosecuting ICE agents in Chicago

Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker has suggested that state prosecutors might examine the conduct of ICE agents.

www.newsweek.com

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Ana Marie Cox @anamariecox.bsky.social · 10h

To everyone who says, "But this won't matter": *MAKE IT MATTER.*

You have that power! This is not inside baseball and your friends and neighbors will likely be appalled. And if they're *not* appalled, don't be cynical yourself. Take the lead, give the cue.

Politico @politico.com · 14h

EXCLUSIVE: Thousands of leaked messages show leaders of Young Republican groups joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape in a private Telegram chat.

Inside rising GOP leaders’ racist chats — obtained by POLITICO and spanning more than 7 months👇

‘I love Hitler’: Leaked messages expose Young Republicans’ racist chat

Thousands of private messages reveal young GOP leaders joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape.

www.politico.com

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Clara Jeffery @clarajeffery.bsky.social · 10h

Remember how Zuckerberg and other tech CEOs were red-pilled because some Biden officials leaned on them to take down some Covid disinformation?

The Verge @theverge.com · 10h

Facebook removes ICE-tracking page after US government ‘outreach’

Apple and recently removed the ICEBlock app.

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gamera obscura @ohrobin.bsky.social · 10h

Happy Anita Bryant Humiliation Day

A four-panel image of Anita Bryant being pied in her sanctimonious face by gay rights activist Thom Higgins, 1977.

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🦇 Mx. Vero says Free Łink🏴‍☠️ @verolynne.bsky.social · 7h

Why am I so obsessed with anime food? Is it Miyazaki’s doing? Cuz you give me an anime of folks enjoying good food and I eat it up! Restaurant to Another World, Campfire Cooking in Another World, the food parts of That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime… 🍖 🍶 🥢

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🦇 Mx. Vero says Free Łink🏴‍☠️ @verolynne.bsky.social · 8h

Oh geez… my motion sickness is feeling sympathetic watching that maple leaf! 🍁 impressive!

ℳatt @matttomic.bsky.social · 11h

Here's a recording of the pilot of C-GZPT, a Cirrus SR22, tracing the Jays logo over Nova Scotia

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rahaeli @rahaeli.bsky.social · 10h

This is some excellent aviation (check thread for recording playback)

ℳatt @matttomic.bsky.social · 12h

A pilot out in Nova Scotia seems to have had some fun yesterday.

www.flightaware.com/live/flight/...

C-GZPT Flight Tracking and History - FlightAware

Flight status, tracking, and historical data for C-GZPT including scheduled, estimated, and actual departure and arrival times.

www.flightaware.com

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Faine Greenwood @faineg.bsky.social · 9h

“This heckin’ pupperino fucking hates La Migra,” to paraphrase from @weratedogs.com

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This is Chop. He was shot and killed by masked assailants in plain clothes who go by ICE. They showed up at his door "looking for migrants after receiving a tip." The son of the family asked if they could wait before entering the home while he put Chop away in the bathroom, as the dog can be aggressive with strangers.
According to the family, it is at this point that the son went to his pickup truck to retrieve his ID and a Border Patrol agent entered the home, opened the bathroom door, and shot Chop. None of the agents helped the family, who desperately tried to render aid to Chop, as he bled to death on the kitchen floor. Unsurprisingly, the agent who shot their dog then hid from them and refused to give his name. Even more unsurprising, they did not find any evidence of the migrants they were there to terrorize in the first place.
Do not open your door for these fucking losers. Rest easy Chop
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CBP Office of Professional Responsibility:
202-344-1808
JointIntake@cbp.dhs.gov
El Paso Border Patrol Sector:
915-834-8400
fpfelpaso@cbp.dhs.gov
Rep. Veronica Escobar (El Paso):
915-541-1400
veronica.escobar@mail.house.gov
https://kfoxtv.com/news/local/el-paso-family-claims-border-patrol-killed-their-dog-during-search-cbp-

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darth™️ @darthbluesky.bsky.social · 9h

"verified adults"

The Verge @theverge.com · 13h

Sam Altman says ChatGPT will soon sext with verified adults

ChatGPT is about to get flirty.

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🦇 Mx. Vero says Free Łink🏴‍☠️ @verolynne.bsky.social · 9h

Now I’m googling health Canada’s regulation of lead in supplements and I’m not finding anything to assuage my worried >_<

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Tim Ellis 🍁 @djdynamic.ca · 10h

Certainly does explain some things about wellness influencers lol

paris martineau @paris.nyc · 14h

two of the products we tested — Huel's Black Edition meal replacement powder and Naked Nutrition's vegan mass gainer — had enough lead that our experts caution against using them at all

a single serving of these protein powders contained between 1,200 and 1,600% of CR’s level of concern for lead

Two plant-based protein powders contained enough lead that our experts advise against consuming them. Naked Nutrition’s Mass Gainer powder contained 7.7 micrograms of lead per serving, which is roughly 1,570 percent of CR’s level of concern for the heavy metal. One serving of Huel’s Black Edition powder contained 6.3 micrograms of lead, or about 1,290 percent of CR’s daily lead limit.

Two other powders contained lead between 400 and 600 percent of CR’s level of concern: Garden of Life’s Sport Organic Plant-Based Protein and Momentous’ 100% Plant Protein. Consumers should limit these to once a week, Akinleye says. (See company responses below.)

The only non-plant-based protein powder with lead detected at over 200 percent of CR’s level of concern was MuscleMeds’ Carnivor Mass powder. Six additional plant-based powders, five dairy-based powders and shakes, and one beef powder contained lead above CR’s level of concern.

We also found measurable levels of cadmium and inorganic arsenic in some products. One serving of Huel’s Black Edition plant-based protein powder contained 9.2 micrograms of cadmium, more than double the level that public health authorities and CR’s experts say may be harmful to have daily, which is 4.1 micrograms.

Another plant-based option, Vega’s Premium Sport powder, had enough cadmium that one serving would also put you just over that level. In one dairy-based product, Optimum Nutrition’s Serious Mass whey protein powder, we also detected 8.5 micrograms per serving of inorganic arsenic, which is twice the limit of what our scientists say is safe to consume daily.

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Halo-Halloween, MLS 🇵🇭🇺🇲ℹ️👻 @infoandhalohalo.bsky.social · 9h

" ...there is no crisis.

The rise in diagnoses reflects a long-overdue recognition of #neurodivergence — particularly among girls, women, and people of color who were historically overlooked — rather than a sudden explosion in neurodivergent individuals."

www.additudemag.com/why-is-autis...

“Rising ADHD and Autism Rates Reflect Education — Not a Crisis”

“The rise in diagnoses reflects a long-overdue recognition of neurodivergence — particularly among girls, women, and people of color who were historically overlooked — rather than a sudden explosion i...

www.additudemag.com

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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 11h

I've been taking it for granted that people know what alt-text is for, but that assumption was clearly wrong.

Alt-text is read out loud by assistive technologies like screen readers. It's primarily for people who are visually impaired.

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🦇 Mx. Vero says Free Łink🏴‍☠️ @verolynne.bsky.social · 14h

We did record it, so perhaps I'll have a recording to share soon! It's in the Centre for Teaching and Learning's hands!

🦇 Mx. Vero says Free Łink🏴‍☠️ @verolynne.bsky.social · 15h

About to present (in 15m at 10am CST) about Threads, Mastodon, Bluesky and Discord for academics interested in using them for Scholarly Communication or keeping in touch with students uregina.libcal.com/event/3931514 #infoLit 📚

Navigating the Future of ScholComm: Exploring New Platforms Beyond Twitter

The Centre of Teaching and Learning and Dr. John Archer Library at the University of Regina are pleased to invite you to the presentation, "Navigating the Future of ScholComm:...

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Charlie Ashby @charlie-ashby.co.uk · 16h

RIP Drew Struzan - a man whose talent and imagination etched onto so many minds throughout the last 40+ years.

His art & posters are some of the first visuals I think of when I think about cinema - an invitation to watch these stories and worlds.

A massive loss 💔

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🦇 Mx. Vero says Free Łink🏴‍☠️ @verolynne.bsky.social · 15h

About to present (in 15m at 10am CST) about Threads, Mastodon, Bluesky and Discord for academics interested in using them for Scholarly Communication or keeping in touch with students uregina.libcal.com/event/3931514 #infoLit 📚

Navigating the Future of ScholComm: Exploring New Platforms Beyond Twitter

The Centre of Teaching and Learning and Dr. John Archer Library at the University of Regina are pleased to invite you to the presentation, "Navigating the Future of ScholComm:...

uregina.libcal.com

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Cory Johnston @skepticalleftist.bsky.social · 1d

Cory Doctorow argues that Enshitification isn’t a glitch in capitalism. Once platforms dominate, they serve investors over people. The result is an internet that deteriorates by design.

Why the Internet Keeps Getting Worse with Cory Doctorow

Cory Doctorow joins me to talk about his new book Enshitification, a deep dive into how the internet went from a space built on openness and creativity to one dominated by corporate control. We get into the pattern behind it all—how platforms lure people in, trap them, then slowly extract every ounc

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Mercedes Allen @mercedesallen.bsky.social · 1d

"…'I guess we were just sick of their shit,' she said in Miss Major Speaks. 'And suddenly we were fighting, and we were kicking their ass.' But the gay rights movement that grew out of Stonewall excluded trans people, she observed in the book…"

www.advocate.com/news/miss-ma...

Miss Major Griffin-Gracy, activist since Stonewall, has died

The LGBTQ+ community — and particularly the transgender community — has lost an iconic activist.

www.advocate.com

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🦇 Mx. Vero says Free Łink🏴‍☠️ @verolynne.bsky.social · 1d

“Never invent data” means you don’t want a *generative* tool, bud

Des Fitzgerald @desfitzgerald.bsky.social · 1d

Seeing people nonchalantly post stuff like makes me feel like I'm going crazy honestly.

A post from an academic on blue sky that says: "I'm learning about "prompt engineering" when asking LLMs to extract data. I now add this to all instructions:

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Be concise, analytic, and specific (cite page/figure if provided). If essential info is missing, keep going but flag Unclear and exact data needed. Never invent data.

#academicsky"

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Matthew Cortland (they) @matthewcort.land · 1d

This is evil

Jesse Mermell @jessemermell.bsky.social · 2d

He is 13. A 7th grader w/ a pending asylum case. Being held more than 500 miles from home & housed w/ adults. He called his mom crying, & reported that he’s sleeping on concrete w/ an aluminum blanket.

How is this anything other than sick & shameful? www.bostonglobe.com/2025/10/12/m...

Everett 13-year-old arrested by ICE and sent to Virginia detention facility - The Boston Globe

The boy’s mother, Josiele Berto, was called to pick her son up from the Everett Police Department on Thursday, the day he was arrested.

www.bostonglobe.com

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🦇 Mx. Vero says Free Łink🏴‍☠️ @verolynne.bsky.social · 1d

It snowed last night so now I’m drinking rum and eggnog waiting for the mulled cider (also with rum) to come up to temperature ☕️ ❄️

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Sheryl Weikal and the colorful Parrotlegals @leftistlawyer.com · 1d

The United States is currently in material breach of over five hundred legally binding treaties with Indigenous nations. We violated even the treaties we coerced at the point of a sword.

We cannot talk about restoring the rule of law until we acknowledge and repair this fundamental truth.

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Thomas Lecaque @tlecaque.bsky.social · 1d

ALSO. ALSO. Needing us to find Europeans who condemned him for his actions at the time--and there are many! So many! My God so many!--is also some white supremacist bullshit, because the TAINO PEOPLE HE WAS MURDERING CERTAINLY CONDEMNED HIM FOR IT AND THEY WERE HUMAN BEINGS OF HIS TIME TOO.

Thomas Lecaque @tlecaque.bsky.social · 1d

Christopher Columbus was dragged back to Spain in chains by a crusading knight, convicted of tyranny and immeasurable cruelty, pardoned by Isabella but banned from returning to Hispaniola.

Fuck Columbus.

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 1d

this marc jacobs suit looks like a spanish textbook

The cover of a Spanish textbook. The colors are purple, red, teal, black, and brown. Two people are talking to each other on the cover. The book is titled "En español!"

Zendaya in a Marc Jacobs double-breasted suit. The colors are purple, red, teal, black, and brown.

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