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Jessica Price @delafina777.bsky.social · 2d

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rahaeli @rahaeli.bsky.social · 2d

People once again need to internalize that "generative AI" is a small subset of machine learning, that machine learning is a critical tool that you cannot run a site without past a certain volume Bluesky has long since exceeded, and that it is FAR more reliable than user reporting.

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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 17h

Donald Trump is not a king — and his administration is not above the law.

Today, the court confirmed what we all know: there is no credible evidence of a rebellion in the state of Illinois.

And no place for the National Guard in the streets of American cities like Chicago.

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Emily J @emexastris.bsky.social · 17h

Oh nooooo

Emily J @emexastris.bsky.social · 17h

American exceptionalism at its finest.

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Emily J @emexastris.bsky.social · 17h

Zyklon-B was for delousing! That was its actual purpose! "The Nazis were inspired to use a delousing agent for murder by the US using it as intended" is just...UGH

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Baby Boy Monaghan @babyboymonaghan.bsky.social · 18h

I don't like today because the same people who think that instead of writing a joke they can just say "Jewish space lasers" will now also say "circumcision causes autism."

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Ryan Abt (He/Him) @ryanabt.bsky.social · 21h

Me: “Quit doing the ‘the Nazis got their ideas from America’ thing because people don’t understand what they are talking about and the Nazis did fine on their own.”

Them: “What could go wrong? I know what I’m talking about.”

What went wrong:

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Emily J @emexastris.bsky.social · 18h

OH FFS

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Emily J @emexastris.bsky.social · 18h

I feel like I have gotten no work done since Erev Rosh Hashanah, which is not actually true, but whew has it been a weird few weeks.

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Michael Busch @michael-w-busch.bsky.social · 18h

A reminder, USA:

Donald Trump publicly told Pam Bondi to target Trump's political opponents without cause.

Require that Congress do its job, #ImpeachBondi, and #ImpeachTrump.

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Emily J @emexastris.bsky.social · 18h

And the substack post is still up afaik

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Rootless Suburbian @rootless.bsky.social · 1d

Reminder that 90% of Polish Jews died during the Holocaust. That was three million Jews, half of all Jewish Holocaust victims. Go back to Poland carries the implication that we should go back and die with our kin.

Joel S. @joelhs.bsky.social · 1d

This is a person who is still taken seriously and published in left-wing spaces.

To be clear: No, most Israeli Jews are not descended from Polish Jews. And even for the minority who are, it would obviously not be safe for them all to go there now, given the Polish government.

Tweet from Axel Folio, PhD: "To Poland where they are from"

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Quiara (they/them) @quiara.net · 18h

Hey, friends. Molly loves you.

A large brown tabby looks wistfully into the distance as if to say, “when will my husband return from the war?”

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Tzfardea Tzedek 🐸 @jsx.bsky.social · 19h

They've done it. They've reinvented "autism is a Jewish plot to weaken the West" from a brand new set of crazy ass starting assumptions.

Justin Baragona @justinbaragona.bsky.social · 22h

Besides linking Tylenol in pregnant women to autism, RFK Jr. now says circumcision is part of the reason why kids are autistic.

"Children who are circumcised early have double the rate of autism, and it's highly likely because they're given Tylenol. None of this is positive..."

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Joel S. @joelhs.bsky.social · 20h

This is how Trumpism squares the circle of using antisemitic tropes against bad rootless diaspora Jews while also claiming to be acting to protect Jews. They, the Christian nationalists, get to decide who is a Jew and who is therefore deserving of protection. Jews as symbols of Christian politics.

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Joel S. @joelhs.bsky.social · 20h

There's nothing at all wrong with being Palestinian, and using "Palestinian" in this way is deeply racist against Palestinians, but it is also antisemitic, because it defines Jewishness as something that can be granted and removed for political reasons.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 23h

JD Vance describes Chuck Schumer as "one of the most famous Palestinians in the world"

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Emily J @emexastris.bsky.social · 20h

Not for long, you don't, you'll bleed to death pretty damn fast.

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Emily J @emexastris.bsky.social · 20h

She also apparently takes the time to make every block mutual, so she's definitely spending way too much time on clearsky

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Treyf Posting 🤌 @postingtreyf.bsky.social · 20h

One of the christian brand defenders created a list specifically for me. I’m honored.

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Phoenix Calida @phoenixcalida.bsky.social · 21h

Step 1- be outraged
Step 2- revolution/protest
Step 3- have a post rev utopia/radically different world

^^this is not how it works. There's dozens of steps in between each one of these goals. And none of it happens overnight.

Im not trying to sound like a downer. We do need radical change.

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Maladroithe @maladroithe.bsky.social · 21h

This is an absolutely vital truth: the revolution is going to be 10% Bravery and Risk and 90% admin; you will get better results quicker if you become a citizen student of public administration than you will by firebombing a Walmart or whatever

Phoenix Calida @phoenixcalida.bsky.social · 21h

My spicy take for this moment-

Too many of you do not understand the concept of infrastructure. How systems are built, how systems are maintained.

You want big bold action but haven't committed to the planning and the boring mundane tasks needed to make said action possible.

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Emily J @emexastris.bsky.social · 21h

The ingredient I keep considering buying is Saba, I think I'd love it

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Emily J @emexastris.bsky.social · 21h

(Obviously health care professionals will have other exceptions)

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Emily J @emexastris.bsky.social · 21h

I do not care about or wish to discuss the configuration of someone's genitals unless they are a child I have to change the diapers of or an adult I'm planning to sleep with, and I really think this should be the standard.

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Emily J @emexastris.bsky.social · 21h

I assume you know about Tasting History?

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