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Mike Stabile @mikestabile.bsky.social · 1d

Buried in Michigan's antiporn bill is a provision to effectively outlaw "circumvention tools," such as VPNs.

Mark my words: legislators will increasingly leverage porn panic to restrict or ban VPNs, and to limit internet privacy far beyond adult sites.

Experts raise privacy concerns over Michigan bill targeting pornography and VPNs

Rep. Josh Schriver, the bill’s sponsor, says the law is designed to target only producers and distributors of pornography, not everyday internet users.

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Industrial Worker @industrialworker.bsky.social · 2h

The Phellow Workers of Philadelphia bring us the latest on a new historical marker dedicated to FW Ben Fletcher!

industrialworker.org/philadelphia...

#UnionStrong #union #workers #IWW #wobblies #labor

Philadelphia IWW Unveils Historical Marker

Philadelphia I.W.W. Unveils Historical Marker and Celebrates Local 8 and Ben Fletcher’s Legacy of Militant, Industrial Organizing On Saturday June 21, 2025 the Philadelphia Historical and Museum Co…

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Dr. Nyri A. Bakkalian @riversidewings.bsky.social · 2h

One new subscription means there's only eleven more to go until this milestone! Thank you ever so much!

Dr. Nyri A. Bakkalian @riversidewings.bsky.social · 3d

Years ago, a subscription drive was what resulted in my epic livetweet of Clavell's "Shogun." Now, I'm doing it again. 100 subs (12 more than what I have now) at buff.ly/R3YnYhq and I will livepost my read of Christopher Nicole's "Lord of the Golden Fan," which was Shogun before Shogun.

Lord of the Golden Fan by Christopher Nicole

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the Mountain Goats @themountaingoats.bsky.social · 17h

any product that depends on the long term stability of its maker is inherently defective

David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 17h

They brick you because they can.

Logitech will brick its $100 Pop smart home buttons on October 15

Logitech’s interest in the smart home has appeared to wane in recent years.

arstechnica.com

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Natalie H. "The Cool Natalie" Ironside @natalieironside.bsky.social · 17h

One time back in like 2016 a bunch of us called Rhyd Wildermuth a yellow-bellied coward for running away to France like he did and he informed us that it's impossible for him to be a coward because he meditated on top of a mountain until he no longer felt fear. I think about that sometimes.

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Natalie H. "The Cool Natalie" Ironside @natalieironside.bsky.social · 17h

The superhero Boy Man is a man with all the powers of a boy [knees that work]

Whereas Man Boy is a boy with all the powers of a man [driving, buying cigarettes]

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David Forbes @davidforbes.bsky.social · 2d

"Every trans person who doesn't leave the country has no hope and neither does their resistance" buys into assumptions about the state's invincibility and the weakness of trans communities that are not just false but actively damaging.

Sadly, I'm seeing it a lot more lately. So, this thread...

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#9 Dream @gayfabfourfan.bsky.social · 1d

The Atlantic, the NYT, and so many others also participated in the destruction of public health by repeatedly publishing the lie that COVID is mild, and now an organ- and immune-system damaging airborne virus is running rampant everywhere—w/ no infection control anywhere.

Great work everyone.

David Roberts @volts.wtf · 1d

The Atlantic, the NYT, the Post, the Free Press, Persuasion ... god, so many others ... they did it. They participated in the destruction of norms against bigotry & now bigotry is running rampant, out in the open, at the highest levels.

Great work everyone.

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Ariana Serpentine @arianaserpentine.bsky.social · 1d

This thread is excellent

RiotGrlErin @riotgrlerin.bsky.social · 2d

Big Bird in the movie poster for The Exorcist.

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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 1d

The young progs yelled at you online, and, well, I guess you showed them! You helped render their culture an ugly, violent, stupid, contemptible wreck that will likely take decades to return to any form worthy of pride.

You showed those fucking kids! That will teach them to talk back.

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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 1d

The Atlantic, the NYT, the Post, the Free Press, Persuasion ... god, so many others ... they did it. They participated in the destruction of norms against bigotry & now bigotry is running rampant, out in the open, at the highest levels.

Great work everyone.

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Keith W. Dickinson @keithwdickinson.bsky.social · 2d

Today is a day when arts degrees are worthless, but the product of those degrees is so valuable it would kill an entire industry if they were made to pay for it.

The Verge @theverge.com · May 26

Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry

Paul McCartne, Elton John and others signed an open letter.

buff.ly

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Richard Pace @rpace.bsky.social · 2d

Just don't share A.I. slop of any sort. I've seen a wave of Sora shit on various social media platforms.
A.I. is destructive on too many levels to ever encourage anyone to use it, and sharing or liking is encouragement.
Complicity in the destruction of our planet and humanity.

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Luke O'Neil @lukeoneil47.bsky.social · 2d

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Natalie H. "The Cool Natalie" Ironside @natalieironside.bsky.social · 2d

Everyone is 12 years old now

mr pussy @mrpussy.xyz · 2d

>not a veteran
>wall full of challenge coins

Kash Patel wearing the corniest Christmas camo punisher skull sweatshirt with his own podcast advertised on the sleeve, wearing his own merch hat too and another behind him, in front of an American flag challenge coin holder that also contains stickers for his podcast

buster bluth in fatigues with arms full of stuffed animals. "these are my awards, mother. from army."

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Ariana Serpentine @arianaserpentine.bsky.social · 2d

It’s International Lesbian Day and I am an International Lesbian.

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Natalie H. "The Cool Natalie" Ironside @natalieironside.bsky.social · 2d

luck <3

Natalie H. "The Cool Natalie" Ironside @natalieironside.bsky.social · 2d

"So you just think you're special and the rules don't apply to you, huh?" yes <3

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Natalie H. "The Cool Natalie" Ironside @natalieironside.bsky.social · 2d

Individually, I won't be satisfied with anything less than general license. I recognize that it would be a bad way to run a society if we did that for everybody, but maybe we make one exception just for me because am cute and special

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Dr. Nyri A. Bakkalian @riversidewings.bsky.social · 3d

Years ago, a subscription drive was what resulted in my epic livetweet of Clavell's "Shogun." Now, I'm doing it again. 100 subs (12 more than what I have now) at buff.ly/R3YnYhq and I will livepost my read of Christopher Nicole's "Lord of the Golden Fan," which was Shogun before Shogun.

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Bullwark @bullwark.bsky.social · 4d

You can now be banned for "Being disruptive to other users" yeah thats definitely going to be enforced consistently

Part of links suspension email outlining you cant be disruptive to other users

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Natalie H. "The Cool Natalie" Ironside @natalieironside.bsky.social · 4d

Y'all will just say whatever bullshit, huh

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Natalie H. "The Cool Natalie" Ironside @natalieironside.bsky.social · 4d

Like, whatever sign you were waiting for before you started taking this shit serious, here ya go bud.

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Natalie H. "The Cool Natalie" Ironside @natalieironside.bsky.social · 4d

www.wbez.org/immigration/...

Border Patrol shoots woman on Southwest Side; agents, protesters battle for hours

The shooting occurred Saturday in Brighton Park when federal patrols were "rammed by 10 cars," according to a statement from the Department of Homeland Security, which has yet to be verified. In the p...

www.wbez.org

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Natalie H. "The Cool Natalie" Ironside @natalieironside.bsky.social · 4d

The Border Patrol tried to assassinate a lady in Chicago and the official statement from DHS more or less amounts to "Yeah we did try to kill that lady for being mean to us online and if you're mean to us online we'll try to kill you too." That's where we're at.

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