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Lex McMenamin (they/them) @leximcmenamin.com · 12h

thank you for all the support; the statement from our union is now live here with some more reporting.

now that this is public I can confirm that the majority of today’s layoffs were women of color. there are no longer any Black women working at Teen Vogue.

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gitremote @gitremote.bsky.social · 10h

A man wearing a party hat stands alone in the corner and watches couples dance. He thinks, "They don't know when they skeet, they help train AI."

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JCBlueB8 @jcblue88.bsky.social · 1d

www.latimes.com/california/s...

US citizen shot in the back by ICE

US citizen shot from behind as he warned ICE agents children would be coming to get bus, lawyers say

Lawyers for Carlos Jimenez said he was in fear after an agent threatened him with chemical spray, then pointed a gun at him.

www.latimes.com

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 20h

people like this get security details to make themselves feel important

Noah Shachtman @noahshachtman.bsky.social · 20h

!!!!! pagesix.com/2025/11/03/e...

Exclusive | Bari Weiss’ security detail costs CBS $10,000 a day as network undergoes layoffs

Page Six hears that as staffers watch their colleagues pack up their desks, they’re also learning that the security detail for new CBSNews boss Bari Weiss costs the company five figures every day.…

pagesix.com

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Jessica Jewett @artbyjessicajewett.bsky.social · 1d

I'm scared all the time and it's exhausting. The cruelty in my country toward the poverty class and the disabled still takes my breath away. So many people truly think I have SNAP because I'm too lazy to provide for myself. I'm a quadriplegic. I truly need help.

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Alarmingly Bad (Jon Baker) @alarminglybad.bsky.social · 21h

Don't worry, he's living that "OH YEAH" life nowadays

#comic #comicsky

Alarmingly Bad comic about an interview with The Kool Aid Man on The Alarmingly Late Show about his origins

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May “Bunny” Peterson 🦄 (Mostly Updates ) @goddessblade.bsky.social · 12h

An easy way to make sense of cishet guys being into femboys and that "not being gay" is that the core of what's always stigmatized "gay" is feminization, not same-sex activity in itself.

Male same-sex activity in a masculinizing context has always been a lot more socially acceptable.

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 13h

Another big endorsement for Andrew Cuomo. And it only cost $959 million in tax breaks.

Elon Endorses Cuomo, with pictures of Adnrew Cuomo and Elon Musk

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gitremote @gitremote.bsky.social · 13h

'Even though Zhao pleaded guilty, Trump said shortly after the pardon that he was told Zhao “wasn’t guilty of anything.” ... “I don’t know, he was recommended by a lot of people… A lot people say that he wasn’t guilty of anything.”'

Ars Technica @arstechnica.com · 16h

Trump on why he pardoned Binance CEO: “Are you ready? I don’t know who he is.”

Trump family business could benefit from pardon of crypto ex-con Changpeng Zhao.

arstechnica.com

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Cass @cassmarshall.bsky.social · 16h

i owe so many video game designers an apology

Perry Areolar @perryodontal.bsky.social · 17h

the password to the louvre surveillance server was "louvre"

www.thesocialpost.it/2025/11/02/f...

according to the liberation newspaper, documents dating back to a 2014 inspection by the French National Agency for the Security of Computer Systems reported a staggering detail: "the password of the louvre's video surveillance server was simply " louvre. "

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mtsw @mtsw.bsky.social · 16h

A multi-day freakout about Mamdani's chances apparently happened because Millennials were waiting to vote until they could get the special Halloween-themed "I voted" stickers

Alyssa Katz @alykatzz.bsky.social · 22h

A detailed analysis of who voted early, and where, from @haidee.bsky.social. www.thecity.nyc/2025/11/02/e...

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gitremote @gitremote.bsky.social · 15h

Intelligence is what non-English speakers & non-human animals have. English speakers who anthropomorphize LLMs ignore that LLMs aren't good enough to fire the "person" neurons in non-English speakers, & ignore animal intelligence. I will never consider ethno & anthropo centricism rational arguments.

Mind the (Language) Gap: Mapping the Challenges of LLM Development in Low-Resource Language Contexts | Stanford HAI

This white paper maps the LLM development landscape for low-resource languages, highlighting challenges, trade-offs, and strategies to increase investment; prioritize cross-disciplinary, community-dri...

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Rick Caruso’s Private Fire Crew @amandasmith.bsky.social · 15h

“Using mass blocklists to avoid hearing from people who have views you might not agree with is harmful” Do you know how many people I don’t talk to in real life? I do not ask my coworker’s landlord for his thoughts on trans rights, why would I drink from the firehose here?

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gitremote @gitremote.bsky.social · 21h

Can we solve the Gaza Strip famine by increasing the world's food abundance?

Gaza Strip famine - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

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Return of the Cmonstermacques @cmonmaque.bsky.social · 1d

Abundance is one of the dumbest things I’ve seen come out of liberal elitist thought. It is the Ben Shapiro “sell their houses to who, Ben!?” moment of liberal elites. Consider how we have an abundance of food and what happens to that food due to our economic system.

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gitremote @gitremote.bsky.social · 21h

From "On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century":

gitremote @gitremote.bsky.social · Oct 1

6. Be wary of paramilitaries.

When the men with guns who have always claimed to be against the system start wearing uniforms and marching with torches and pictures of a leader, the end is nigh. When the pro-leader paramilitary and the official police and military intermingle, the end has come.

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mady castigan✨ 🏳️‍⚧️ @madycast.com · 1d

Wikipedia founder Jimbo Wales is trying to use his name to convince Wikipedia editors to deny the Gaza Genocide, recognized by many human rights organizations.

Although he's not seizing control, this is an extreme attempt to sway Wikipedia content in violation of its founding principles.

A neutral approach would begin with a formulation such as: “Multiple governments, NGOs, and legal bodies have described or rejected the characterization of Israel’s actions in Gaza as genocide.”

What I’m asking for
Be bold and start editing (WP:BOLD). Move from debate to concrete improvements immediately.

Assume good faith (WP:AGF). Avoid personalizing disagreements. Focus only on text and sources.

Attribute, don’t assert (WP:ATTRIBUTEPOV). The lead and body must not declare a legal conclusion. Present who says what, with attribution and dates.

Balance by due weight (WP:UNDUE). Include significant, high-quality sources from all sides—governments, courts, NGOs, commentators. No side should speak in Wikipedia’s own voice.

Use the best sources (WP:RS / WP:V). Prefer primary official statements and major secondary coverage. Avoid synthesis (WP:SYN / WP:NOR).

Clarify scope. Separate factual reporting on conduct and casualties from legal characterization. Editors with strong, policy-compliant sources who have felt sidelined are welcome. Your participation is needed now. Editors are reminded this article falls under the Arab–Israeli conflict topic area; all participation must comply with the corresponding editing restrictions and civility expectations.

By focusing on verifiable sources and neutrality, we can quickly deliver an article that meets our standards for contentious topics. — Jimbo Wales Jimbo Wales (talk) 16:03, 2 November 2025 (UTC)

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egg price watcher @bluser12.bsky.social · 1d

Zohran is stone cold man. Putting out an ad in Arabic after all the Islamophobic shit that’s been thrown his way? Pure swag.

Dems don’t need to copy his politics or even necessarily his campaign strategy, they need to learn how to grow a fucking spine.

Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 2d

أنا اسمي زهران ممدان وعم رشّح حالي لأكون العمدة الجديد في مدينة نيويورك

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Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 1d

N95s can prevent more than just Covid!

They stop colds, flus and other airborne illness.

They’re also highly effective against pollen, pollution, wildfire smoke and environmental triggers.

Many maskers haven’t been sick in years.

Respirators are pretty amazing.

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Carl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · 1d

When the suspects appear to be white guys, it’s not a bombing — it’s an intentional explosion.

Explosion at Harvard Medical School
NBC News
'Intentional' explosion at Harvard medical campus under investigation
1 day ago
The New York Times
'Intentional' Explosion Took Place at Harvard Medical School, Officials Say
1 day ago
ABC News
Explosion at Harvard Medical School appears to have been intentional, authorities say. No on...
1 day ago
The Guardian
No one hurt after 'intentional' explosion at Harvard medical campus, officials say
17 hours ago

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Alan @alanmaguire.bsky.social · 1d

Centrism is the belief that society achieved perfection around the same time as you became a homeowner

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BamBam Butters @bambambutters.bsky.social · 1d

People need to start writing diaries again. Its the same decompression without burning through vital resources and potentially being recommended suicide or whatever

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Karen Attiah @karenattiah.bsky.social · 1d

I had a 45 year old rideshare driver tell me recently that he uses AI for therapy.

I asked him which one. He said “Grok— I like the voice it uses, the tone doesn’t talk down to me like ChatGPT’s does.”

He bragged that he had a 4 hour “therapy session” talking to Grok.

Chat, are we cooked?

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Jeff @rinue.bsky.social · 1d

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 1d

If your newspaper is giving Donald Trump softer headlines and gauzier coverage than People Magazine, that should be a bit of a wake up call.

shauna @goldengateblond.bsky.social · 1d

someone invited people magazine to the kitchen and they brought their own knives

from people magazine

Donald Trump Confuses Dementia Screening for
'Very Hard' IQ Test as He Brags About Results
The president predicted that Democratic Reps.
Jasmine Crockett and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez could not perform as well as he did in a cognitive exam
By Greta Bjornson |
Updated on October 28, 2025 10:24AM EDT

from people magazine

Donald Trump Hosts Great Gatsby-Themed Halloween Party as 42
Million Americans Brace for SNAP Benefits to Expire
The president hosted the Roaring '20s bash at Mar-a-Lago on Oct. 31 amid the ongoing government shutdown
By Bailey Richards
Published on November 1, 2025 06:19PM EDT

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