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* masspirates.tv
* social.globalpirates.net/@masspirates
* twitter.com/masspirates
Any government official who does this should be fired and their bosses too. Penalizing people for following legal procedures is going to convince people not to follow legal procedures.
Reports show ICE has been detaining applicants at citizenship appointments — an escalation that blurs the line between immigration processing and enforcement, leaving families completely unprepared.
Read: www.borderreport.com/immigration/...
Read: www.borderreport.com/immigration/...
ICE targets ‘out of status’ immigrants at US citizenship office
Attorneys and migrant advocates in San Diego are concerned with a trend happening at the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services office in downtown San Diego.
www.borderreport.com
November 21, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Any government official who does this should be fired and their bosses too. Penalizing people for following legal procedures is going to convince people not to follow legal procedures.
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"Challenge scientific orthodoxy," is a funny way to say "Ensure people die of preventable diseases because he's a mentally-ill eugenicist."
Breaking News: Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said he personally instructed the CDC to abandon its position that vaccines do not cause autism. The move underscores his determination to challenge scientific orthodoxy — in this case, that vaccines save lives — and bend the health department to his will.
RFK Jr. Says He Instructed CDC to Change Vaccines and Autism Language on Website
In an interview, Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. cited gaps in vaccine safety research. His critics say he is ignoring a larger point: Vaccines save lives.
nyti.ms
November 21, 2025 at 7:06 PM
"Challenge scientific orthodoxy," is a funny way to say "Ensure people die of preventable diseases because he's a mentally-ill eugenicist."
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To be clear, the source for Zork was already available, just with unclear licensing. What has been changed here is that the licensing situation is now cleared up:
The classic text-based adventure game of incalculable influence will live on.
Microsoft makes Zork I, II, and III open source under MIT License
Microsoft’s Open Source Programs Office worked with Jason Scott to do it.
arstechnica.com
November 21, 2025 at 7:30 PM
To be clear, the source for Zork was already available, just with unclear licensing. What has been changed here is that the licensing situation is now cleared up:
Wage slavery still exists!
"Elon said [slavery] was more efficient." Reminded of WorryFree's life time slavery contracts in Sorry To Bother You.
"Elon said [slavery] was more efficient." Reminded of WorryFree's life time slavery contracts in Sorry To Bother You.
I remember when there was a discussion on Twitter about Shein's manufacturing practices and some apologists invented all sorts of fantastical machinery and technology to avoid facing the more horrifying truth. Reminds me of this comedian's joke.
IG bscomedian
IG bscomedian
November 20, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Wage slavery still exists!
"Elon said [slavery] was more efficient." Reminded of WorryFree's life time slavery contracts in Sorry To Bother You.
"Elon said [slavery] was more efficient." Reminded of WorryFree's life time slavery contracts in Sorry To Bother You.
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The people who make Shein's clothes labor for ten to twelve hours per day (in violation of China's labor laws), some up to seven days a week, and earn as little as 15 to 30 cents per t-shirt.
![Excerpt from a BBC article: ""We usually work, 10, 11 or 12 hours a day," says a 49-year-old woman from Jiangxi unwilling to give her name. "On Sundays we work around three hours less."
She is in an alleyway, where a dozen people are huddled around a row of bulletin boards.
They are reading the job ads on the board, while examining the stitching on a pair of chinos draped over it.
This is Shein's supply chain. The factories are contracted to make clothes on order - some small, some big. If the chinos are a hit, orders will ramp up and so must production. Factories then hire temporary workers to meet the demand their permanent staff cannot fulfil.
The migrant worker from Jiangxi is looking for a short-term contract - and the chinos are an option.
"We earn so little. The cost of living is now so high," she says, adding that she hopes to make enough to send back to her two children who are living with their grandparents.
"We get paid per piece," she explains. "It depends how difficult the item is. Something simple like a t-shirt is one-two yuan [less than a dollar] per piece and I can make around a dozen in an hour.""](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:ks3gpa6ftoyaq7hmf6c4qx4c/bafkreiber7g4o5pujmzmjjzsp5dkz7blfexburuwjispfpv6dki7akjb7a@jpeg)
November 20, 2025 at 12:07 AM
The people who make Shein's clothes labor for ten to twelve hours per day (in violation of China's labor laws), some up to seven days a week, and earn as little as 15 to 30 cents per t-shirt.
Today at 6pm, The Black Response and Impact Boston will present The Criminalization of Self-Defense, a community education event at The Community Art Center in Cambridge, MA. We are proud to be one of the sponsors of it. Join us!
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Today, 6pm: The Criminalization of Self-Defense Talk – Massachusetts Pirate Party
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November 20, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Today at 6pm, The Black Response and Impact Boston will present The Criminalization of Self-Defense, a community education event at The Community Art Center in Cambridge, MA. We are proud to be one of the sponsors of it. Join us!
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Tomorrow, 6pm
The Black Response and Impact Boston will present The Criminalization of Self-Defense, a community education event on Thursday, November 20, from 6:00 to 8:30 PM at The Community Art Center in Cambridge, MA. We are proud to be one of the sponsors of it. masspirates.org/blog/2025/11...
Next Thu: The Criminalization of Self-Defense Talk – Massachusetts Pirate Party
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November 19, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Tomorrow, 6pm
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This is pretty amazing. This guy just won a solid victory in Bucks County, PA, one of the most important swing counties in the country, by *explicitly and deliberately* making his race *all about* nationalizing ICE raids. Confirms the point about this now being a winning issue for Dems.
November 19, 2025 at 5:02 PM
This is pretty amazing. This guy just won a solid victory in Bucks County, PA, one of the most important swing counties in the country, by *explicitly and deliberately* making his race *all about* nationalizing ICE raids. Confirms the point about this now being a winning issue for Dems.
In two days
The Black Response and Impact Boston will present The Criminalization of Self-Defense, a community education event on Thursday, November 20, from 6:00 to 8:30 PM at The Community Art Center in Cambridge, MA. We are proud to be one of the sponsors of it. masspirates.org/blog/2025/11...
Next Thu: The Criminalization of Self-Defense Talk – Massachusetts Pirate Party
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November 18, 2025 at 4:19 PM
In two days
The GOP simply doesn't want new people to join us. Especially if they aren't white. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/18/o...
Opinion | Trump Made the Citizenship Test Harder. What if Every American Had to Take It?
www.nytimes.com
November 18, 2025 at 3:52 PM
The GOP simply doesn't want new people to join us. Especially if they aren't white. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/18/o...
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Nearly two weeks of surveillance footage from the Broadview ICE Detention Center has been "irretrievably destroyed" and cannot be produced as evidence in a lawsuit against the government over abhorrent conditions there:
www.404media.co/two-weeks-of...
www.404media.co/two-weeks-of...
Two Weeks of Surveillance Footage From ICE Detention Center ‘Irretrievably Destroyed’
"Defendants have indicated that some video between October 19, 2025 and October 31, 2025 has been irretrievably destroyed and therefore cannot be produced on an expedited basis or at all."
www.404media.co
November 18, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Nearly two weeks of surveillance footage from the Broadview ICE Detention Center has been "irretrievably destroyed" and cannot be produced as evidence in a lawsuit against the government over abhorrent conditions there:
www.404media.co/two-weeks-of...
www.404media.co/two-weeks-of...
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"Agencies within the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, including ICE, ERO, and CBP intend to implement a comprehensive plan to target Spanish-speaking churches across the country during the upcoming holiday season between Thanksgiving, Nov. 27, and Christmas, Dec. 25."
Exclusive: Trump DHS Plans Immigration Raids on Churches Over Holidays
The Trump Dept. of Homeland Security is briefing federal agencies on plans for immigration enforcement operations inside churches over holidays.
thisweekinworcester.com
November 18, 2025 at 1:12 AM
"Agencies within the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, including ICE, ERO, and CBP intend to implement a comprehensive plan to target Spanish-speaking churches across the country during the upcoming holiday season between Thanksgiving, Nov. 27, and Christmas, Dec. 25."
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So is it worse for OpenAI if their service being down causes major disruption or if barely anyone notices?
ChatGPT has fallen
millions of students must learn
millions of students must learn
November 18, 2025 at 2:01 PM
So is it worse for OpenAI if their service being down causes major disruption or if barely anyone notices?
Free speech includes the freedom to identify Trump's secret police officers when they disappear people in public
The federal government is in overdrive trying to arrest people for speech online.
Anarchists snd other left varieties are getting hit all over the site the last couple days with these it appears. This is like the fourth account I have seen posting something like this since last week.
Anarchists snd other left varieties are getting hit all over the site the last couple days with these it appears. This is like the fourth account I have seen posting something like this since last week.
Getting subpoenaed by the US government over bluesky posts
November 17, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Free speech includes the freedom to identify Trump's secret police officers when they disappear people in public
United States of Corruption
"defense attorneys are telling us they can’t get their clients to take good or reasonable plea offers because they felt they’re better off spending their money on a political donation, drawing Trump’s attention, and getting the case dismissed or going to trial and getting a pardon."
November 17, 2025 at 5:22 PM
United States of Corruption
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They’re all just looting the treasury now
November 14, 2025 at 6:07 PM
They’re all just looting the treasury now
Why stop with the legislature? The executive and judiciary need transparency as well!
“Massachusetts State Auditor Diana DiZoglio said she's putting forth a ballot initiative to place the State House under the Public Records Law amid her ongoing battle to audit the Legislature. ‘You pay taxes, so you have a right to know,’ DiZoglio wrote.”
#Massachusetts #mapoli #FOIA
#Massachusetts #mapoli #FOIA
DiZoglio launches ballot push to put State House under Public Records Law
"You pay taxes, so you have a right to know," DiZoglio wrote in a post on X Thursday night. "Transparency, accountability, and accessibility matter."
www.wcvb.com
November 14, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Why stop with the legislature? The executive and judiciary need transparency as well!
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Epstein files (121 GB)
A collection of documents, emails, and recordings relating to Jeffrey Epstein, including his FBI and Interpol files, court documents, releases from the DOJ and Congress, and leaked emails.
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A collection of documents, emails, and recordings relating to Jeffrey Epstein, including his FBI and Interpol files, court documents, releases from the DOJ and Congress, and leaked emails.
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Epstein files - Distributed Denial of Secrets
A collection of documents, emails, and recordings relating to Jeffrey Epstein, including his FBI and Interpol files, court documents, releases from the Department of Justice and Congress, and leaked…
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November 14, 2025 at 2:07 PM
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surprise surprise surprise
NEW:
Firm Tied to Kristi Noem Secretly Got Money From $220 Million DHS Ad Contracts
www.propublica.org/article/kris...
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Firm Tied to Kristi Noem Secretly Got Money From $220 Million DHS Ad Contracts
www.propublica.org/article/kris...
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Firm Tied to Kristi Noem Secretly Got Money From $220 Million DHS Ad Contracts
The company is run by the husband of Noem’s chief DHS spokesperson and has personal and business ties to Noem and her aides. DHS invoked the “emergency” at the border to skirt competitive bidding rule...
www.propublica.org
November 14, 2025 at 3:06 PM
surprise surprise surprise
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Former UVA president Jim Ryan, who resigned over the summer due to pressure from the Trump Administration, just shared this 12-page letter with the Faculty Senate, detailing his experience with the Board of Visitors and DOJ.
It's a surreal--and troubling--read.
drive.google.com/file/d/1Is6x...
It's a surreal--and troubling--read.
drive.google.com/file/d/1Is6x...
November 14, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Former UVA president Jim Ryan, who resigned over the summer due to pressure from the Trump Administration, just shared this 12-page letter with the Faculty Senate, detailing his experience with the Board of Visitors and DOJ.
It's a surreal--and troubling--read.
drive.google.com/file/d/1Is6x...
It's a surreal--and troubling--read.
drive.google.com/file/d/1Is6x...
This Thursday, 6pm, Cambridge
The Black Response and Impact Boston will present The Criminalization of Self-Defense, a community education event on Thursday, November 20, from 6:00 to 8:30 PM at The Community Art Center in Cambridge, MA. We are proud to be one of the sponsors of it. masspirates.org/blog/2025/11...
Next Thu: The Criminalization of Self-Defense Talk – Massachusetts Pirate Party
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November 14, 2025 at 2:56 PM
This Thursday, 6pm, Cambridge
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The Supreme Court just refused to stay this young girl's removal to Venezuela, uprooting her from her life in Texas to a foreign country where neither of her parents currently live. Sotomayor and Jackson note their dissents.
November 13, 2025 at 3:38 PM
The Supreme Court just refused to stay this young girl's removal to Venezuela, uprooting her from her life in Texas to a foreign country where neither of her parents currently live. Sotomayor and Jackson note their dissents.
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"About 80 protesters have been arrested at the ICE facility since barricades went up. Protesters and legal observers say the arrests run counter to the state’s stated goals of ensuring public safety and protesters’ rights."
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Protesters Keep Getting Arrested At Broadview By State Police Despite Promise To Protect Free Speech
About 80 protesters have been arrested at the ICE facility since barricades went up. Protesters and legal observers say the arrests run counter to the state’s stated goals of ensuring public safety an...
blockclubchicago.org
November 13, 2025 at 3:04 PM
"About 80 protesters have been arrested at the ICE facility since barricades went up. Protesters and legal observers say the arrests run counter to the state’s stated goals of ensuring public safety and protesters’ rights."
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Yeah, "Circumstances Left Teen Vulnerable to Exploitation" is a very odd way to write "Matt Gaetz sexually exploited vulnerable teen,"
or
"Republican Congressman sexually exploited vulnerable teen."
I wonder what would cause a newspaper to write it in such a passive voice.
or
"Republican Congressman sexually exploited vulnerable teen."
I wonder what would cause a newspaper to write it in such a passive voice.
In Matt Gaetz Scandal, Circumstances Left Teen Vulnerable to Exploitation
This is the most anodyne headline for a truly horrific set of facts.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/13/u...
This is the most anodyne headline for a truly horrific set of facts.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/13/u...
In Matt Gaetz Scandal, Circumstances Left Teen Vulnerable to Exploitation
www.nytimes.com
November 13, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Yeah, "Circumstances Left Teen Vulnerable to Exploitation" is a very odd way to write "Matt Gaetz sexually exploited vulnerable teen,"
or
"Republican Congressman sexually exploited vulnerable teen."
I wonder what would cause a newspaper to write it in such a passive voice.
or
"Republican Congressman sexually exploited vulnerable teen."
I wonder what would cause a newspaper to write it in such a passive voice.
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More places should do this:
The International Criminal Court is ditching Microsoft Office, saying it’s too dependent on US tech, in favor of Open Desk, a German open source alternative.
The move comes after Microsoft revoked ICC head Karim Khan’s email access when he was sanctioned by the US for the warrant against Netanyahu.
The move comes after Microsoft revoked ICC head Karim Khan’s email access when he was sanctioned by the US for the warrant against Netanyahu.
International Criminal Court to ditch Microsoft Office for European open source alternative | Euractiv
The court will move its internal work environment to Open Desk, a German-developed open source software
www.euractiv.com
November 13, 2025 at 8:45 PM
More places should do this: