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Oliver Willis @owillis.bsky.social · 1h

I think democrats should push for a thorough review of all Elon Musk govt contracts as part of their 2026-8 portfolio. Why are taxpayers financing the work of a racist near-trillionaire? Leaving that unexamined was one of the biggest failures of the last Dem majority.

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Claire M @cmmullen.bsky.social · 1h

The human rights violations described in this thread are absolutely horrific.

Lynda Lopez @lyndab08.bsky.social · 11h

He said that the agents would throw food at them to eat. The agents threatened to withhold food for a week and to beat him up if he didn't sign deportation papers. He said he saw others refuse and get beaten/receive no food. He signed because he was afraid.

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Zeboyd Digital Entertainment @zeboydgames.bsky.social · 1d

How about instead of bailing out the AI companies, we just don't?

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Shannon Mattern @shannonmattern.bsky.social · 7h

“And then you have librarians who are experiencing a real existential crisis because they are getting asked by their jobs to promote [AI] tools that produce more misinformation. It's the most, like, emperor-has-no-clothes-type situation that I have ever witnessed.” - Alison Macrina

AI Is Supercharging the War on Libraries, Education, and Human Knowledge

"Fascism and AI, whether or not they have the same goals, they sure are working to accelerate one another."

www.404media.co

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Cold November Mar @histoftech.bsky.social · 1d

“authors & publishers who filed a lawsuit against the Sam Altman-led firm have secured access to internal Slack messages… discussing the mass deletion of a pirated books dataset… A NY district court ordered OpenAI to hand over the communications regarding data deletion”
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OpenAI in Danger After Authors Suing It Gain Access to Its Internal Slack Messages

Authors and publishers, who are suing OpenAI, secured access to internal Slack messages and emails discussing the deletion of pirated books.

futurism.com

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 1d

(Reuters) - Meta internally projected late last year that it would earn about 10% of its overall annual revenue – or $16 billion – from running advertising for scams and banned goods, internal company documents show.

$META @reuters.com
www.reuters.com/investigatio...

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Claire M @cmmullen.bsky.social · 1d

The selected works of Eugene V. Debs volumes I-V are currently only $2 (ebooks) at @haymarketbooks.org

www.haymarketbooks.org/books/1246-t...

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Claire M @cmmullen.bsky.social · 1d

or ebooks of his collected works are $2 (for now) at @haymarketbooks.org !

www.haymarketbooks.org/books/1246-t...

The Selected Works of Eugene V. Debs, Vol. I

An extensive compilation of articles, speeches, press statements, and open letters by American socialist Eugene V. Debs.

www.haymarketbooks.org

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Ursula K. Le Guin Bot @leguinbot.bsky.social · 3d

We're in the world, not against it.

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mar de algo @mardealgo.bsky.social · 6d

la economía de la ia es la más estúpida imaginable. es un hueco cibernético, abismado, sin personas. sin mundo fuera de ese bluff sin nombre.

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William Shakespeare @shakespeare.lol · 2d

Good day and happiness

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Don Javier de Parla @eljaviparla.bsky.social · 2d

Buenos días a todos y especialmente a los neoyorquinos que no se han dejado amedrentar por las amenazas de su presidente tarado.

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Justin Hendrix @justinhendrix.bsky.social · 2d

"Virtually all investigations have also ground to a halt, including three probes into Andreessen-backed companies, according to the records and the people familiar with the cases, who spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss sensitive matters."

Tech Billionaire Marc Andreessen Bet Big on Trump. It’s Paying Off for Silicon Valley.

The Trump administration’s gutting of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has been good for venture capitalists like Andreessen, who previously accused the agency of “terrorizing” fintech startup...

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Claire M @cmmullen.bsky.social · 2d

This is such a blow.

Lex McMenamin (they/them) @leximcmenamin.com · 3d

I was laid off from Teen Vogue today along with multiple other staffers, and today is my last day.

certainly more to come from me when the dust has settled more, but to my knowledge, after today, there will be no politics staffers at Teen Vogue.

Claire M @cmmullen.bsky.social · 2d

poetry!

Dave Jamieson @jamieson.bsky.social · 2d

Border Patrol agent Lairmore testifies that he was not injured by the sandwich, but he felt the impact through his ballistic vest.

The sandwich came apart and "kind of exploded" on his chest upon impact, he says.

"I could smell the onions and mustard."

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Carla Antonelli @carlaantonelli.bsky.social · 3d

El mayor retroceso de un glaciar en tierra, más de ocho kilómetros en solo dos meses, a un ritmo cerca de 10 veces más rápido de lo observado hasta ahora: “Es realmente espectacular” elpais.com/clima-y-medi...

El mayor retroceso de un glaciar en tierra, más de ocho kilómetros en solo dos meses: “Es realmente espectacular”

Investigadores documentan en el Hektoria, en la península antártica, una pérdida de hielo cerca de 10 veces más rápida de lo medido hasta ahora

elpais.com

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Ragnarok Lobster @eclecticbrotha1.bsky.social · 3d

If Speaker Mike Johnson is going to continue to pretend he never knows anything about anything, the only question the media should be asking him is "Why are you even here?"

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Claire M @cmmullen.bsky.social · 4d

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Paul Fairie @paulisci.bsky.social · 5d

what if instead of sports we chose happiness

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Alexander Chee @alexanderchee.bsky.social · 9d

Really grateful for this news.

Literary Arts Fund @literaryartsfund.bsky.social · 10d

The Literary Arts Fund is an unprecedented effort to dramatically increase support for and the visibility of the nonprofit literary arts field for the next five years toward ensuring a healthy and more robust U.S. literary culture in support of creative writers: literaryartsfund.org/announcing-l...

Founded by the Ford Foundation, Hawthornden Foundation, Lannan Foundation, John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, Mellon Foundation, Poetry Foundation, and an anonymous foundation, the fund will distribute at least $50 million to the field over the next five years and continue fundraising.

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Doll @dollspace.gay · 10d

The fact of the matter is; There is no cloud, it’s just someone else’s computer.

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Anthony Michael Kreis @anthonymkreis.bsky.social · 11d

Whenever people complain about the number of folks relying on food stamps, it is worth reminding them that SNAP is, by too large of a degree, a subsidy for corporations that refuse to pay a living wage and their political allies who reject public policy prescriptions to reduce income inequality.

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Charlotte Clymer @charlotteclymer.bsky.social · 11d

It's been 33 days since Adelita Grijalva was elected by the people of Arizona's seventh congressional district to represent them in Congress.

Mike Johnson still refuses to swear her in.

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COYOTE @coyotemedia.org · 15d

While this federal administration has been busy empowering ICE to become, essentially, an extrajudicial militia allowed to disappear people from our streets, the Bay has been organizing. We will not be beaten down.

What We Can Do About ICE

ICE is in the Bay Area. And yes, we can all do something about it.

www.coyotemedia.org

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