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Oliver Darcy @oliverdarcy.bsky.social · 1d

News: Bari Weiss just sent a memo to staffers at CBS News asking them to produce a memo explaining "how you spend your working hours—and ideally, what you've made (or are making) that you're most proud of."

One CBS News staffer puts it like this to me: "We just got Elon Musked."

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elle mundy @exch.gr · 2d

this one particularly is probably some new york real estate hypocrisy inside baseball

Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 2d

A federal grand jury reportedly indicted Letitia James, Trump’s latest effort to weaponize the Justice Dept. to punish political rivals

Letitia James criminally charged in Trump’s latest effort to punish rivals

Prosecutor who sought charges was installed amid Trump frustrations with pace of investigations against rivals

www.theguardian.com

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elle mundy @exch.gr · 6d

made a thing exch.gr/code/wcepr/

Wikipedia Current Events Portal RSS | Process Things

Ever wish you could keep up with what’s going on in the world without getting mired in reading news all day? Turns out, Wikipedia publishes a current events portal, which gets updated daily. If you’re...

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elle mundy @exch.gr · 5d

hate to let you down, friend. i don’t wanna succumb to the temptations

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elle mundy @exch.gr · 5d

checking the news like “is it civil war yet”

Bradley P. Moss @bradmossesq.bsky.social · 6d

Texas proudly invading Illinois.

It’s hard to describe the level of potential constitutional crisis here.

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elle mundy @exch.gr · 8d

reminder that mastodon exists and is better than it was 2 years ago

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jeff com-BOO-ters @helldude.bsky.social · 6d

mencius moldbug is thinking of fleeing the country because he thinks the trump administration's chaotic half-assing of dismantling liberal democracy is going to bite them all in the ass

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elle mundy @exch.gr · 6d

lol

only sports and entertainment are trending

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elle mundy @exch.gr · 6d

made a thing exch.gr/code/wcepr/

Wikipedia Current Events Portal RSS | Process Things

Ever wish you could keep up with what’s going on in the world without getting mired in reading news all day? Turns out, Wikipedia publishes a current events portal, which gets updated daily. If you’re...

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Aveta👾🇭🇹 @aliafonzy.blacksky.app · 6d

Update from Link. He said he still is banned despite being under BlackSky PDS cause BlueSky servers still used? :( idk

Just sharing what I’m told.

Screenshot of an iMessage conversation between Aveta and contact ‘AJ’ at 1:21. The conversation shows:

Aveta (blue bubbles): ‘If you get account back’ ‘Move to BlackSky immediately’
AJ (gray bubbles): ‘I am on Blacksky.’ ‘lol’
Aveta: ‘Wait what’ ‘WHAT’
AJ: ‘But they still use Bsky servers.’
Aveta: ‘How tr’ ‘Oh yeah… well shit’ (marked as Delivered)
AJ: ‘That’s how they got me.’ ‘You should include that too.’ ‘Decentralized moderation my ass.’

At the bottom is a notification banner reading ‘AJ has notifications silenced’ with a moon icon.

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Daniel Knowles @dlknowles.bsky.social · 7d

I visited the apartment building ICE raided on Tuesday today. Story to come, but you can walk right in. Half of the apartments have no doors on them. Children's stuff abandoned in some flats. *Citizen* residents told me they were arrested and held for hours in zipties. This is America

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elle mundy @exch.gr · 7d

make america gutwrenching again

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The Associated Press @apnews.com · 8d

Over 2 million people across Italy have rallied in more than 100 cities for a one-day general strike.

2 million rally in Italy for Gaza as general strike halts key services

Over 2 million people across Italy have rallied in more than 100 cities for a one-day general strike.

bit.ly

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elle mundy @exch.gr · 7d

french toast

Justin Hendrix @justinhendrix.bsky.social · 7d

Macron remarks are notable- some quotes: "We have been incredibly naive in entrusting our democratic space to social networks that are controlled either by large American entrepreneurs or large Chinese companies, whose interests are not at all the survival or proper functioning of our democracies."

Defend Democracy @defenddemocracy.bsky.social · 8d

President Macron: “Europeans, let's wake up!

We have been incredibly naive in entrusting our democratic space to social networks.”

defenddemocracy.eu/macron-democ...

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Justin Hendrix @justinhendrix.bsky.social · 7d

Macron remarks are notable- some quotes: "We have been incredibly naive in entrusting our democratic space to social networks that are controlled either by large American entrepreneurs or large Chinese companies, whose interests are not at all the survival or proper functioning of our democracies."

Defend Democracy @defenddemocracy.bsky.social · 8d

President Macron: “Europeans, let's wake up!

We have been incredibly naive in entrusting our democratic space to social networks.”

defenddemocracy.eu/macron-democ...

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elle mundy @exch.gr · 8d

reminder that mastodon exists and is better than it was 2 years ago

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elle mundy @ap.exch.gr · 8d

they're saying it's bandcamp friday. you know what that means: https://exch.gr/music/autumn-sunset

Autumn Sunset | Process Things

Buy on iTunes Artist: Inkjetski Album: Autumn Sunset Release date: July 10, 2024 TRACK LISTING 1. Brooklyn in Fall — 4:25 2. Red Sky — 4:11 PERSONNEL * Elle Mundy: lead guitar, rhythm guitar, software bass, software drums, engineering, mixing, mastering

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elle mundy @exch.gr · 8d

i’ve been watching the x files recently and i fully consider it a comedy, a parody of conspiracy theory culture, whether or not intended by the creators

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elle mundy @exch.gr · 8d

love how nytimes and wapo are liberal again. also whoever this is probably literally believes the x files are real. this is the level of stupid we’re up against

Renee DiResta @noupside.bsky.social · 10d

Let's be clear a what's happening here: the "censorship" and "bias" narrative is being extended to Wikipedia bc the far right knows that getting bullshit into LLMs is how to shape reality as "answer engines" replace search engines.

Wikipedia is core to that fight so the grievance blitz is here.

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 10d

Dean: The president is unhinged

Johnson: A lot of folks on your side are too. I don’t control him

Dean: Oh my god, please. That performance in front of the generals.

Johnson: I didn’t see it.

Dean: Our allies are looking elsewhere. Our enemies are laughing.

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Trekkie Bill 🖖🏻 @trekkiebill.bsky.social · 10d

Do you ever think about the fact that Wikipedia is the last good major website on the internet? You aren't bombarded with ads. It doesn't try to push video on you, and it doesn't redirect you to a scam site.

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Vivian M. Lumbard @vivian-m-lumbard.bsky.social · 9d

"But he also confessed.

Stephen Miller confessed that when he uses such dehumanizing language he is, “using this language to mark people. To put a target on them. … It is a message [he] is sending to all the crazies and lunatics out there” to go target the people he dehumanizes."