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Daniel José Older @djolder.bsky.social · Aug 6

If I have to explain to you why it's a bad idea to use a machine that makes shit up 15-80% of the time AND destroys the environment AND contributes to rising fascism and genocide AND puts brilliant skillful creatives out of work by stealing their work, then we're already speaking different languages

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Chise @sailorrooscout.bsky.social · 7h

GOOD NEWS! Researchers have developed a cancer vaccine that has shown STUNNING results, PREVENTING up to 88% of MULTIPLE aggressive cancers by harnessing dual-pathway nanoparticles that train the immune system to recognize and destroy tumor cells. In some cases, it COMPLETELY prevented metastasis.

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Karly Kingsley @karlykingsley.bsky.social · 21h

The RIFs that began Friday will reportedly cut 65% of CISA’s 2,540 employees, one of the dumbest and most dangerous moves imaginable. CISA defends the nation’s cyber and critical infrastructure. Destroying it now only makes sense if you’re afraid of election integrity.

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Bria "tries to write a book" Horses @thevoidencore.bsky.social · 5d

The "cognitive decline and brain damage from repeat COVID infections" and "easy to use robot that makes slop and melts your critical thinking skills" is a hell of a combo in a post-fact media ecosystem

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Youngles🇰🇷🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇮🇪 🔜 PAX Unplugged @youngles.bsky.social · 9h

A 15 year old AUTISTIC CHILD WAS KIDNAPPED and detained by ICE FOR FOUR DAYS.

HIS PARENTS THOUGHT HE WAS MISSING. THEY WERE NOT INFORMED.

The cops found him in a detention center.

THE COPS FOUND A MISSING 15 YEAR OLD AUTISTIC CHILD IN A DETENTION CENTER.

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Mezentine @mezentine.bsky.social · 9h

Why won’t they let anyone inside that building?

Keep asking the question: why won’t they let anyone inside that building?

Rich Raho @richraho.bsky.social · 1d

Chicago priest Fr. Larry Dowling describes procession to ICE facility: “No one had the courage to speak directly to us. No one from Homeland Security could stand in the presence of the Monstrance holding the Blessed Sacrament. No wonder. Evil is repelled, recoils in the presence of Christ.”

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Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 10h

Which they are doing their best to accelerate.

Numerous Billionaires Preparing for End of Society

Billionaires are (still) doomsday prepping. AI — the tech many of them are building — has them more paranoid than ever.

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Toni @adventuresoftoni.bsky.social · 13h

Step one...

Davoyager @davoyager.bsky.social · 1d

‘Grid in a box’ combines storage and solar PV modules for a microgrid in a 20 ft. container – pv magazine International share.google/CRgRaOqC4siD...

‘Grid in a box’ combines storage and solar PV modules for a microgrid in a 20 ft. container – pv magazine International

Paired Power’s modular microgrid targets is assembly-free remote industrial and agricultural applications and rural electrification for Indigenous communities.

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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 23h

Psst: Stop burning stuff on Earth for energy. Let the burning fireball in the sky be your energy source.

T&E @transportenvironment.org · 3d

NEW: Biofuels globally emit more than the fossil fuels they replace, our latest study shows.

The first-of-a-kind study looks at global biofuels production today and the potential impacts of government biofuel targets.
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Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 1d

A 77 year old man sent a postcard to Florida Chief Financial Officer Blaise Ingoglia that simply read: “You lack values.”

Police showed up at his door.

This is not only a first amendment violation but a clear sign of how fast the fascists are moving to censorship and constant monitoring.

Judy Stone @drjudystone.bsky.social · 1d

Law experts appalled as cops swoop on 77-year-old for writing 'innocuous' postcard

www.rawstory.com/florida-2674...

Law experts appalled as cops swoop on 77-year-old for writing 'innocuous' postcard

Florida resident James O’Gara received a surprise visit from law enforcement at his home last week in what First Amendment experts have labeled a clear attempt at intimidation in response to a “pretty...

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Anna Holmes @annabookwriter.bsky.social · 1d

Vought’s daughter has cerebral palsy, and while she may not require “special” education, she would need adjustments if she attended any school.

Obviously, he is evil and does not care about hypocrisy, but I want people to remember: they’re taking this away from US, not themselves.

Sara Partridge, Ph.D. @sarapartridge.bsky.social · 1d

There are reports that the *entire* office of special education at the US Dept of Education has been cut. These hardworking folks ensure kids with disabilities get equal access to a quality education.

America’s children deserve better than this.

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Sarah J. Jackson @sjjphd.bsky.social · 2d

Curious if folks are getting the impression that those around them are unaware antifa is not an org? We know this admin is dead set on pretending it is & many media are uncritically perpetuating that. Feels like we’re watching an elite disinfo campaign move in both a rapid and absurdist fashion.

Karl Bode @karlbode.com · 3d

you'd think a prominent news outlet like the New York Times might mention that "antifa" isn't an actual organization in a long story about antifa, but nope!

and the subhead helps props up a false claim this professor was up to something seedy as something up for debate

NYT headline: "Rutgers Expert on Antifa Tries to Flee to Spain After Death Threats"

subheadline: "Mark Bray was teaching courses on antifascism. Turning Point USA accused him of belonging to antifa, which he denies. His flight to Spain was canceled abruptly on Wednesday night."

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Kendra "Gloom is My Beat" Pierre-Louis @kendrawrites.com · 22h

Men would rather collapse a government than go to therapy

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Tracy L. Stewart, MA, MEd, LMHC @tracylstewart68.bsky.social · 22h

Just a little reminder from June about the great american grift

Jenny Cohn @jennycohn.bsky.social · 1d

“Tech Executives [From Palantir, Meta, and OpenAI] Commissioned as Senior Army Officers Won't Recuse Themselves from DoD Business Dealings” 6/27/25 www.military.com/daily-news/2...

Tech Executives Commissioned as Senior Army Officers Won't Recuse Themselves from DoD Business Dealings

The new formation is set to recruit tech executives to work on major Army challenges, but the service has not articulated exactly what those individuals would do -- instead focusing on recruiting tale...

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Ebony Elizabeth Thomas @ebonyteach.blacksky.app · 23h

The grooming accusations are even more offensive because of the epidemic of school shootings.

Every educator in this country has decided if, when, and how we'd give up our very lives to shield your children. Some of our colleagues around the nation have paid the ultimate price...

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Toni @adventuresoftoni.bsky.social · 22h

It's late night somewhere 🤤

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Ify Nwadiwe @ifycomedy.com · 1d

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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Anna Gifty @itsafronomics.bsky.social · 1d

lol gentle reminder that DEI is not illegal. Supporting marginalized groups is not illegal. Anyone reneging on support is making a CHOICE to do so.

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Chantal James @chantalalive.blacksky.app · 1d

Let's be clear on who Christopher Columbus was, a conquerer who spread disease & slavery who was so sadistic in the ways he treated natives he appalled the architects of the Spanish Inquisition. That's the fact of him there is to reclaim.

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Big Lord Bunny @ceepain.bsky.social · 1d

We have got to disabuse ourselves of thinking there is some magical mix of messaging that is going to stop white folks from picking whiteness every day, every time and twice on Sundays.

They have never stopped putting it first.

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Barred and Boujee aka Madiba Dennie @audrelawdamercy.bsky.social · 1d

[disclaimer: i'm just talkin, these are normative statements, idk and am not commenting on what infrastructure exists irl]

there has to be a way to absorb some of these people into state health departments..or set up an interstate body to keep tryna do this work..we just cant lose all this capacity

Sheryl Gay Stolberg @sherylnyt.bsky.social · 1d

BREAKING: Friday night massacre underway at CDC. Doznes of "disease detectives," high-level scientists, entire Washington staff and editors of the MMWR (Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report) have all been RIFed and received the following notice:

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Derek Powazek @fraying.bsky.social · 1d

Perverts. All of them.

Mike Stabile @mikestabile.bsky.social · 2d

JFC. Ron DeHaas, founder of the Christian antiporn app Covenant Eyes, has stepped down from NCOSE after his 38-year old son was charged with sexual abuse of a child.

Covenant Eyes is the app used by House Speaker Mike Johnson and his son to monitor each other's internet behavior.

Covenant Eyes Cofounder Helps Post Bond for Adult Stepson, Who Is Charged With Felony Child Sex Abuse

In August, Thomas Wideman, an adult stepson of Covenant Eyes cofounder Ron DeHaas, was arrested during a CSAM sting operation.

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Helen Kennedy @helenkennedy.bsky.social · 1d

I want them all prosecuted. Every last one of them.

Ashton Pittman @ashtonpittman.bsky.social · 1d

ICE left David, a 17-year-old boy, stranded on the side of Interstate 20 after pulling over his immigrant father, Hector, in Mississippi.

David began running in the scorching sun after the car and watched as it disappeared from sight—soon headed to a Louisiana ICE prison.

Here's their story.

ICE Stranded a 17-Year-Old on I-20 After Arresting His Father. The Mississippi Dad Now Faces Deportation.

A 17-year-old watched as ICE arrested his immigrant father, Hector, on I-20 in June. The family faces mounting legal fees and the risk of deportation.

www.mississippifreepress.org

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Iron Spike @ironspike.bsky.social · 2d

A lot of folks out there have been talked into believing they can participate in whiteness just because they're not Black, or even not Too Black, but I assure you: you're not in the club. And you never will be.

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Eman Abdelhadi @emanabdelhadi.bsky.social · 4d

Seeing many posts about how ICE isn't trained. That's not really the problem. The problem is what they were sent to do, not whether they're qualified to do it.

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