Liz Ard
@macrophyllum.bsky.social
Landscape designer, ecology nerd, artist. Mostly here for the parasocial relationships.
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Increasingly convinced the only solution is not making data.
In October, statewide news reported that a sheriff's deputy in Texas searched thousands of Flock cameras in Washington for 'Had an abortion, search for female.’ New documents obtained by RANGE show Spokane County Sheriff's Office cameras were accessed in that search:
Texas deputy searched Spokane County Flock cameras for a woman who had an abortion– RANGE Media
Amidst nationwide and state scrutiny of the cameras, Spokane County’s Flock network was used by an out-of-state cop looking for a woman who had an abortion.
rangemedia.co
November 26, 2025 at 2:22 AM
Increasingly convinced the only solution is not making data.
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In case you missed this, the BBC edited a historian's speech about Trump to remove the claim that he's "the most openly corrupt president in US history." This came after Trump had threatened a $1 billion lawsuit.
Elite capitulation continues.
Read all about it here:
newrepublic.com/article/2036...
Elite capitulation continues.
Read all about it here:
newrepublic.com/article/2036...
Trump Angrily Threatened to Sue BBC. Then Things Took a Darker Turn.
First, British Broadcasting Corporation execs resigned after Trump complained about a segment. Now the BBC edited out a line from a historian that was critical of Trump. Where does this end?
newrepublic.com
November 26, 2025 at 12:30 PM
In case you missed this, the BBC edited a historian's speech about Trump to remove the claim that he's "the most openly corrupt president in US history." This came after Trump had threatened a $1 billion lawsuit.
Elite capitulation continues.
Read all about it here:
newrepublic.com/article/2036...
Elite capitulation continues.
Read all about it here:
newrepublic.com/article/2036...
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"It is against the TOS to be talked into suicide by our LLM" is possibly the most evil tech bro thing I've ever read
Additionally, OpenAI argues its not liable because Raine, by using ChatGPT for self-harm, broke its terms of service
November 26, 2025 at 12:29 AM
"It is against the TOS to be talked into suicide by our LLM" is possibly the most evil tech bro thing I've ever read
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Guillotines
ICE deported a woman who owned a home in the US for 30 years. A judge banned ICE from deporting her to Sierra Leone where she had been tortured, so it deported her to Ghana, which kidnapped her and sent her back Sierra Leone anyway. ICE is part of this illegal conspiracy.
November 26, 2025 at 2:51 AM
Guillotines
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bro copyright is so good for creators you can make something that's about to be turned into a huge fucking franchise directed by michael bay and some predatory company can take it from you for pennies and lock you out of it with legal threats
November 26, 2025 at 2:18 AM
bro copyright is so good for creators you can make something that's about to be turned into a huge fucking franchise directed by michael bay and some predatory company can take it from you for pennies and lock you out of it with legal threats
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MS NOW confirms: The FBI is working with Capitol Police to schedule interviews with the six Democratic lawmakers who urged service members to refuse to comply with illegal orders.
November 25, 2025 at 5:26 PM
MS NOW confirms: The FBI is working with Capitol Police to schedule interviews with the six Democratic lawmakers who urged service members to refuse to comply with illegal orders.
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Trump lied. His ICE is not going after the "worst of the worst" like he promised.
The vast majority of the people being taken are hardworking, law-abiding members of our communities. They are just trying to provide for their families and contribute to America.
The vast majority of the people being taken are hardworking, law-abiding members of our communities. They are just trying to provide for their families and contribute to America.
November 25, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Trump lied. His ICE is not going after the "worst of the worst" like he promised.
The vast majority of the people being taken are hardworking, law-abiding members of our communities. They are just trying to provide for their families and contribute to America.
The vast majority of the people being taken are hardworking, law-abiding members of our communities. They are just trying to provide for their families and contribute to America.
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Dems need to keep repeating it, and they need to say what mean. “You can refuse illegal orders,
examples of illegal orders are: intentionally harming or targeting civilians, engaging in unauthorized domestic LE actions, falsifying records, or anything else that clearly violates the US constitution”
examples of illegal orders are: intentionally harming or targeting civilians, engaging in unauthorized domestic LE actions, falsifying records, or anything else that clearly violates the US constitution”
November 25, 2025 at 1:32 PM
Dems need to keep repeating it, and they need to say what mean. “You can refuse illegal orders,
examples of illegal orders are: intentionally harming or targeting civilians, engaging in unauthorized domestic LE actions, falsifying records, or anything else that clearly violates the US constitution”
examples of illegal orders are: intentionally harming or targeting civilians, engaging in unauthorized domestic LE actions, falsifying records, or anything else that clearly violates the US constitution”
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jfc. It was determined by a US judge that she could not be deported to Sierra Leone due to danger she would face in the country she fled. So they deported her to Ghana, a country she had never been to, and Ghana deported her to Sierra Leone.
This country is fucking sick. Deeply deeply fucking sick
This country is fucking sick. Deeply deeply fucking sick
Woman deported from Maryland shown on video being dragged in Ghana
Rabbiatu Kuyateh was detained this summer at her annual ICE check-in, her son said. She moved to the D.C. area 30 years ago as she fled civil war in Sierra Leone.
www.nbcwashington.com
November 25, 2025 at 3:18 AM
jfc. It was determined by a US judge that she could not be deported to Sierra Leone due to danger she would face in the country she fled. So they deported her to Ghana, a country she had never been to, and Ghana deported her to Sierra Leone.
This country is fucking sick. Deeply deeply fucking sick
This country is fucking sick. Deeply deeply fucking sick
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Phil Knight is almost single handedly funding the OR GOP, one of the more extreme state GOPs in the country. Keep that in mind next time you’re in the market for sportswear or sneakers. www.oregonlive.com/politics/202...
Nike co-founder Phil Knight makes record-setting donation to help elect Republicans
It is the single largest donation Knight has made to an Oregon candidate or political action committee.
www.oregonlive.com
November 25, 2025 at 3:31 AM
Phil Knight is almost single handedly funding the OR GOP, one of the more extreme state GOPs in the country. Keep that in mind next time you’re in the market for sportswear or sneakers. www.oregonlive.com/politics/202...
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“what radicalized you” idk paying attention
October 29, 2025 at 5:03 PM
“what radicalized you” idk paying attention
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yes, hello, I would like to place an order for everyone’s funniest stories of holiday food-related family grudges / drama / chaotic incidents / lore
I feel like we need this
I feel like we need this
November 24, 2025 at 11:39 PM
yes, hello, I would like to place an order for everyone’s funniest stories of holiday food-related family grudges / drama / chaotic incidents / lore
I feel like we need this
I feel like we need this
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I have 99 problems right now and money would solve 98 of them.
November 24, 2025 at 11:21 PM
I have 99 problems right now and money would solve 98 of them.
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“No one paid attention to the fact that people were living here without heat before ICE came,” said Infiniti Gant, a housing organizer with Southside Together. “People were living here with mice and roaches and flea infestation before ICE.”
thetriibe.com/2025/11/buil...
thetriibe.com/2025/11/buil...
Building raided by ICE now ‘falling apart from the inside out,’ South Shore residents say • The TRiiBE
“No one paid attention to the fact that people were living here without heat before ICE came,” said Infiniti Gant, a housing organizer with Southside Together. “People were living here with mice and r...
thetriibe.com
November 25, 2025 at 12:52 AM
“No one paid attention to the fact that people were living here without heat before ICE came,” said Infiniti Gant, a housing organizer with Southside Together. “People were living here with mice and roaches and flea infestation before ICE.”
thetriibe.com/2025/11/buil...
thetriibe.com/2025/11/buil...
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Earlier today, I learned about the unlivable conditions inside an apartment complex that was the recent target of an ICE raid in September.
Some of the remaining residents, who are Black, shared that the conditions were inhumane long before the September raid.
thetriibe.com/2025/11/buil...
Some of the remaining residents, who are Black, shared that the conditions were inhumane long before the September raid.
thetriibe.com/2025/11/buil...
Building raided by ICE now ‘falling apart from the inside out,’ South Shore residents say • The TRiiBE
“No one paid attention to the fact that people were living here without heat before ICE came,” said Infiniti Gant, a housing organizer with Southside Together. “People were living here with mice and r...
thetriibe.com
November 25, 2025 at 12:52 AM
Earlier today, I learned about the unlivable conditions inside an apartment complex that was the recent target of an ICE raid in September.
Some of the remaining residents, who are Black, shared that the conditions were inhumane long before the September raid.
thetriibe.com/2025/11/buil...
Some of the remaining residents, who are Black, shared that the conditions were inhumane long before the September raid.
thetriibe.com/2025/11/buil...
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(mostly) Millennials and Gen Z literally ran ICE out of Charlotte, NC so they can fuck right off with that
November 25, 2025 at 12:40 AM
(mostly) Millennials and Gen Z literally ran ICE out of Charlotte, NC so they can fuck right off with that
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Direct action is not designed as spectacle for media consumption, unlike large peaceful protests which are, deliberately, a spectacle.
The editorial desks at major media outlets are incapable of grasping the difference. Direct action scares institutions because it threatens the order they sit atop.
The editorial desks at major media outlets are incapable of grasping the difference. Direct action scares institutions because it threatens the order they sit atop.
(mostly) Millennials and Gen Z literally ran ICE out of Charlotte, NC so they can fuck right off with that
November 25, 2025 at 12:46 AM
Direct action is not designed as spectacle for media consumption, unlike large peaceful protests which are, deliberately, a spectacle.
The editorial desks at major media outlets are incapable of grasping the difference. Direct action scares institutions because it threatens the order they sit atop.
The editorial desks at major media outlets are incapable of grasping the difference. Direct action scares institutions because it threatens the order they sit atop.
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Trying to get 50 more people to send a letter to your City Council member in NYC demanding that they increase and stabilize public library funding. actionnetwork.org/letters/city...
City Council, we demand half a percent of the overall city budget for libraries!
In response to the NYC FY2026 Budget, adopted this June, the Brooklyn Public Library, the New York Public Library, and the Queens Public Library released a joint statement thanking City Leaders for in...
actionnetwork.org
November 25, 2025 at 12:52 AM
Trying to get 50 more people to send a letter to your City Council member in NYC demanding that they increase and stabilize public library funding. actionnetwork.org/letters/city...
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Important to remember this when you read news reports of DOGE closing 'without achieving anything'. It achieved plenty. Not only should this not be forgotten, those responsible should be held accountable.
DOGE shuts down having not found trillions of dollars of waste or saved any money.
They compromised the security of government systems, fired federal workers and oversaw the dismantling of USAID which has killed 600,000.
By 2030 approx 14 million people will have died.
That’s their legacy
They compromised the security of government systems, fired federal workers and oversaw the dismantling of USAID which has killed 600,000.
By 2030 approx 14 million people will have died.
That’s their legacy
November 24, 2025 at 9:32 PM
Important to remember this when you read news reports of DOGE closing 'without achieving anything'. It achieved plenty. Not only should this not be forgotten, those responsible should be held accountable.
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Support for economic populism and support for minority rights are NOT in opposition to one another.
If anything, they should be seen—and politically leveraged—as mutually reinforcing positions. In the most recent elections, Democrats did just that and won overwhelmingly.
The framing here is wrong.
If anything, they should be seen—and politically leveraged—as mutually reinforcing positions. In the most recent elections, Democrats did just that and won overwhelmingly.
The framing here is wrong.
Opinion | James Carville: Out With Woke. In With Rage.
www.nytimes.com
November 24, 2025 at 8:46 PM
Support for economic populism and support for minority rights are NOT in opposition to one another.
If anything, they should be seen—and politically leveraged—as mutually reinforcing positions. In the most recent elections, Democrats did just that and won overwhelmingly.
The framing here is wrong.
If anything, they should be seen—and politically leveraged—as mutually reinforcing positions. In the most recent elections, Democrats did just that and won overwhelmingly.
The framing here is wrong.
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In our lifetimes they have managed to make a day centered around a big meal into the most stressful week of the entire year
November 24, 2025 at 8:33 PM
In our lifetimes they have managed to make a day centered around a big meal into the most stressful week of the entire year
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ITS CYBER MONDAY
ITS GIVING TUESDAY
ITS MENTAL BREAKDOWN WENDESDAY
ITS THANKSGIVING THURSDAY
ITS BLACK FRIDAY
ITS EXISTENTIAL DESPAIR SATURDAY
ITS SMALL BUSINESS SUNDAY
i would like all of this to stop
ITS GIVING TUESDAY
ITS MENTAL BREAKDOWN WENDESDAY
ITS THANKSGIVING THURSDAY
ITS BLACK FRIDAY
ITS EXISTENTIAL DESPAIR SATURDAY
ITS SMALL BUSINESS SUNDAY
i would like all of this to stop
November 24, 2025 at 8:32 PM
ITS CYBER MONDAY
ITS GIVING TUESDAY
ITS MENTAL BREAKDOWN WENDESDAY
ITS THANKSGIVING THURSDAY
ITS BLACK FRIDAY
ITS EXISTENTIAL DESPAIR SATURDAY
ITS SMALL BUSINESS SUNDAY
i would like all of this to stop
ITS GIVING TUESDAY
ITS MENTAL BREAKDOWN WENDESDAY
ITS THANKSGIVING THURSDAY
ITS BLACK FRIDAY
ITS EXISTENTIAL DESPAIR SATURDAY
ITS SMALL BUSINESS SUNDAY
i would like all of this to stop
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The idea that opposition to geoengineering is largely just lefty extremists and loopy right-wing chemtrail guys feels very much like part of the broader project to normalise it with the ultimate aim of ensuring it is actually deployed as a tacit replacement for mitigation
archive.ph/IYgEB
archive.ph/IYgEB
November 24, 2025 at 8:21 PM
The idea that opposition to geoengineering is largely just lefty extremists and loopy right-wing chemtrail guys feels very much like part of the broader project to normalise it with the ultimate aim of ensuring it is actually deployed as a tacit replacement for mitigation
archive.ph/IYgEB
archive.ph/IYgEB