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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 10h

Reese Witherspoon on Diane Keaton hiring her as a fresh-faced girl from Nashville. #RIP

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Wade @wadewarrens.bsky.social · 11h

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Ify Nwadiwe @ifycomedy.com · 15h

I think we really should stop using antifa and just fully say anti-fascist and get them saying they are against anti fascism. Using antifa is giving them some distance and I genuinely think some of their base don’t even know that’s what it stands for.

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Matthew Cobb @matthewcobb.bsky.social · 9d

No, @thebookseller.com this is not the full list of books used to train Anthropic’s AI. It excludes many books (including mine) that were stolen and used but which do not meet the specific criteria of the settlement. Books not copyrighted in the US are excluded, so UK editions get nothing.

Screenshot saying “Full list of books used to traunAnthropic AI model released”

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Wade @wadewarrens.bsky.social · 19h

Wade @wadewarrens.bsky.social · 21h

Hope the jury takes note of this section:

“My uncle drowned in the Rhine River to defeat fascists like you and I will not let his death be in vane.”

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Mark Harris @markharris.bsky.social · 22h

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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Chris Frantz @chrisfrantz.bsky.social · 1d

Good Night From The Drummer, My Friends. Sleep Tight.

Jonathan Richman - I Was Dancing In The Lesbian Bar Live

YouTube video by champipple

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Wade @wadewarrens.bsky.social · 1d

The Snowbirds are actually quite stately.

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Wade @wadewarrens.bsky.social · 1d

3 P-51s in formation

SF Fleet Week

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Wade @wadewarrens.bsky.social · 1d

It still surprises me when successful people proclaim belief in end-times, redemption, and other types christian magical thinking.

Wade @wadewarrens.bsky.social · 1d

"Once Brockman was handcuffed and placed in the van, the agents pulled out, clipping the rear bumper off of a stopped car partially blocking their path and speeding away past an approaching elongated CTA bus and through the busy intersection."

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Wade @wadewarrens.bsky.social · 1d

With lots of
room underneath for padding, eye protection, and a gas mask.

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Wade @wadewarrens.bsky.social · 2d

“The river seemed to come alive almost instantly after removal, and the fish returned in greater numbers than I expected, and maybe anyone expected.”

The old ways are returning.

Imagine similar for the Sacramento, the Feather, and the San Joaquin rivers!

Save California Salmon @californiarivers.bsky.social · 2d

Last fall, 7,700+ salmon swam past the former Iron Gate Dam site, accessing spawning habitats that were blocked for over a century. This year salmon are making it past the Keno and Link River Dams, into Upper Klamath Lake in Oregon.

More Info at: tinyurl.com/MoreKlamathSalmon

Wade @wadewarrens.bsky.social · 2d

Oh, I see.

She got 15 months in a Massachusetts jail after her 18 yo boyfriend's suicide.

www.cnn.com/2017/08/03/u...

Woman sentenced to 15 months in texting suicide case | CNN

Michelle Carter, whose own words helped seal her involuntary manslaughter conviction in the suicide of her teenage boyfriend, was sentenced to 15 months in a Massachusetts jail Thursday – but will rem...

www.cnn.com

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Wade @wadewarrens.bsky.social · 2d

Those people are handicapped because the credulous, in general, have such poor bullshit detectors. A good BS detector is so important, especially now.

Wade @wadewarrens.bsky.social · 2d

In many respects, he's a perfect cop. Would've been a dandy slaver.

In the French revolution, would he be considered more of the nobility, or the clergy? I think clergy, or at least he wouldn't be welcome among the nobles on Epstein's jet.

emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 2d

Really good piece on someone everyone should be tracking, Greg Bovino.

"Bovino combines Bull Connor’s aggression with Don King’s showmanship:"

TPM @talkingpointsmemo.com · 2d

In Los Angeles and now Chicago, the White House's aggressive deportation operations have one hype man: Greg Bovino.
talkingpointsmemo.com/news/greg-bo...

Wade @wadewarrens.bsky.social · 2d

Honest question: If an average person told your teenager to commit suicide, would they be liable in the US? Or would 1st Amendment protections protect such speech?

What if there's no suicide attempt?

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Erik Hoffner @erikhoffner.bsky.social · 2d

Our new collab w/ @apnews.com on how #Mexico City's ancient agriculture tradition of floating gardens is growing again, is out

The @mongabay.com team published a cool companion video report you can watch here, www.youtube.com/watch?v=RqpD...

Great to get solutions like this out to a wide audience:

Women in Mexico step up to protect ancient Aztec farms and save a vanishing ecosystem

In Mexico, traditionally women did not inherit chinampas, island farms first built by the Aztecs thousands of years ago.

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Wade @wadewarrens.bsky.social · 2d

"economy class stroke syndrome" is a thing.

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Wade @wadewarrens.bsky.social · 2d

"“the Jeffrey Pines are somewhat of an invasive species, and it’s actually hurting the health of the forest in Tahoe.”

Experts, however, note that Jeffrey Pines are the most common tree in the Tahoe Basin and are native to the area."

Who is more right?

Wade @wadewarrens.bsky.social · 2d

"As Florida moves to end school vaccine mandates, 70% of parents oppose removing such requirements, though nearly half of Republican parents support the change, the poll showed."

So roughly HALF of Republicans are allies in opposing efforts to weaken school vaccine requirements!

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ptklein @ptklein.com · 5d

Some context on what this might mean: last weekend Zach Bryan played the largest ticketed concert in US history, selling 112,408 seats at Michigan Stadium.

Pop Crave @popcrave.com · 5d

Country singer Zach Bryan condemns ICE raids in new song teaser, “Bad News”:

“ICE is gonna come bust down your door / Try to build a house, no bills no more, well I got a telephone / Kids are all scared and all alone […] The fading of the red, white and blue.”

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Sweet Science, Savage Art @sweetscisavart.bsky.social · 5d

Kick Out the Feds flyers and resources available for download! Click the link to download flyers that you can post in your city. These flyers will direct new activists to beginner-level resources to help them protest safely and effectively.

tinyurl.com/mwfwn38y

#AbolsihICE #Portland #Chicago

Portland Kick Out the Feds Flyer with a QR Code for downloading the resources listed.

Chicago Kick Out the Feds Flyer with a QR Code for downloading the resources listed.

L.A. Kick Out the Feds Flyer with a QR Code for downloading the resources listed.

Washington D.C. Kick Out the Feds Flyer with a QR Code for downloading the resources listed.

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Wade @wadewarrens.bsky.social · 3d

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Fall Chinook salmon return to Link River after more than a century

According to the Klamath Tribes, Fall Chinook salmon have been observed in the Link River for the first time in over 100 years.

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