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nickyrvs.bsky.social @nickyrvs.bsky.social · Aug 31

People who scream "homo", "paedo", "terrorist", "nonce", at you across a police barrier: it's not about changing their minds

Will o the Wisse @wissewords.bsky.social · Aug 29

Counterproteating fascists isn't about winning over bystanders; it's about harassing and containg the fash so they can do no harm.

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Jess O'Thomson @jessothomson.co.uk · 12h

I wrote an article in January about where we have ended up in English law re. "deception as to sex", and what that means for trans people. I think it's likely we can expect to see more of these sorts of cases going forward.

www.wearequeeraf.com/a-trans-teen...

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meat stains @petegain.es · 15h

what the fuck norway

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Dr. Adeene Denton @spacewhalerider.com · 16h

It's really disheartening to try to talk to colleagues about boycotting a conference that removed all its records of abstracts pertaining to DEI, only for the response to largely be "I don't want to go, but..." But what??? Each of us has agency! You can choose not to go!

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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 1d

This article is spot on about the UK's descent into anti-trans hysteria. In 8 years, they went from the conservatives trying to make it easier for trans folks to self attest gender to a liberal government implementing a bathroom ban by fiat.

www.liberalcurrents.com/britains-bat...

Britain’s Bathroom Ban

The UK has gone from a bathroom ban being unthinkable to a Labour government implementing an extraordinarily authoritarian one—without a vote.

www.liberalcurrents.com

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𝔐𝔞𝔤𝔫𝔢𝔱𝔰 🧲 @magnets.bsky.social · 20h

keen observers will note that Regan changed her @ handle on X The Everything App at least 5 days ago back to AshReganMSP from AshReganALBA

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flyingrodent @flyingrodent.bsky.social · 21h

In what kind of country do political journalists withhold very consequential key facts that they all know about politicians, without having to be told they should keep them quiet, only occasionally alluding to things everyone has always known? A very transparent, democratic one, I’m sure.

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nickyrvs.bsky.social @nickyrvs.bsky.social · 23h

They later attended what is now considered to be the largest march in Chilean history, where 1.2 million people protested, with Grandón wearing the Pikachu costume.

nickyrvs.bsky.social @nickyrvs.bsky.social · 23h

Seeing how they were unable to get a refund, Grandón and her husband planned to sell the items, but kept an inflatable Pikachu costume to use for Halloween.[5]

nickyrvs.bsky.social @nickyrvs.bsky.social · 23h

What an origin story:

In mid-2019, Grandón's son, who was 7 years old at the time, had picked out his father's credit card and bought 600,000 Chilean pesos' (about 800 USD) worth of Detective Pikachu merchandise through a phone call.

nickyrvs.bsky.social @nickyrvs.bsky.social · 23h

"As of May 2021, she has used seven Pikachu suits, since "the chemicals in the water from the riot trucks deteriorate the fabric with which it is made."[4]"

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/T%C3%AD...

Tía Pikachu - Wikipedia

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nickyrvs.bsky.social @nickyrvs.bsky.social · 1d

Lochaber Mountain Rescue Team do incredible work, and in order to continue that they need a new rescue vehicle, please consider donating justgiving.com/campaign/lmrt

Lochaber MRT ambulance / mobile control vehicle replacement

We are fundraising to replace our aging communications vehicle, which also functions as our ambulance.

justgiving.com

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The Oregonian @oregonian.com · 1d

Things are happening at Portland's ICE facility tonight.

Read more of our protest coverage here: www.oregonlive.com/crime/2025/1...

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James Medlock @jdcmedlock.bsky.social · 1d

“I’ll declare war on you if you don’t give me the peace prize” is an incredible bit

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Kath Barbadoro @kathbarbadoro.bsky.social · 1d

Similarly describing him as an "expert on antifa" rather than an "antifascism researcher" further legitimates antifa as a proper noun in a way that makes zero sense

Karl Bode @karlbode.com · 1d

you'd think a prominent news outlet like the New York Times might mention that "antifa" isn't an actual organization in a long story about antifa, but nope!

and the subhead helps props up a false claim this professor was up to something seedy as something up for debate

NYT headline: "Rutgers Expert on Antifa Tries to Flee to Spain After Death Threats"

subheadline: "Mark Bray was teaching courses on antifascism. Turning Point USA accused him of belonging to antifa, which he denies. His flight to Spain was canceled abruptly on Wednesday night."

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nickyrvs.bsky.social @nickyrvs.bsky.social · 1d

Lochaber Mountain Rescue Team do incredible work, and in order to continue that they need a new rescue vehicle, please consider donating justgiving.com/campaign/lmrt

Lochaber MRT ambulance / mobile control vehicle replacement

We are fundraising to replace our aging communications vehicle, which also functions as our ambulance.

justgiving.com

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nickyrvs.bsky.social @nickyrvs.bsky.social · 1d

Maybe insanely detailed 3D scans of all our assets and spaces is not always the way forward? Just a thought for the museum folk out there

Jack Sapoch @jacksapoch.bsky.social · 2d

Others assets came from scans made by the Scottish Maritime Museum of their boat-building workshop which was downloaded (via @sketchfab.bsky.social) and reimagined by the IDF adornments for underground missile factories.

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Ewamore, Quoth the Raven @ewacat.bsky.social · 1d

Just say you wanted the money because at this point nothing else will land. These comedians are not reading their audience properly, feels like a skill issue

Defector @defector.com · 2d

Bill Burr keeps cycling through excuses for doing the Riyadh Comedy Festival: defector.com/bill-burr-ke...

Bill Burr Keeps Cycling Through Excuses For Doing The Riyadh Comedy Festival | Defector

By default, Bill Burr exists in a state of his ass being chapped, but clearly it’s been feeling more chapped than usual. The comedian has continued to address his decision to perform at the Riyadh…

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Sadiah Qureshi @sadiahqureshi.bsky.social · 2d

An astonishing story involving a great deal of impressive detective work to find the last known great auks. The story of their dispersal, literally in terms of organs and skins, and extinction is bleak.

Science Magazine @science.org · 2d

DNA and historical sleuthing have traced the extinct bird’s remains to a museum in Ohio. https://scim.ag/4791YqA

Fate of the last female great auk is finally solved

DNA and historical sleuthing have traced the extinct bird’s remains to a museum in Ohio

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Jack Sapoch @jacksapoch.bsky.social · 2d

NEW: Since October 2023, the IDF Spokesperson's Unit has released dozens of 3D animations illustrating alleged Hamas, Hezbollah, and Iranian sites

The style is now unmistakable: satellite zoom-ins, black & white wireframes, and red-textured houses - a new visual language of war

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Jack Sapoch @jacksapoch.bsky.social · 2d

The TikTok outlines that a specific goal of these animations is to multiply their reach by cultivating secondary coverage

And indeed, dozens of major outlets like BBC, CNN and Sky News have aired them, in part or in full, often without context

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Jack Sapoch @jacksapoch.bsky.social · 2d

One of the earlier and most-viewed examples was an animation of Al Shifa Hospital, published in October 2023.

The “underground command room” was recycled from a 2022 IDF animation of an UNRWA school in Tel Al-Hawa; the street above was built from prefab @kb-3d.bsky.social storefronts

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Danny K @dannykpolitics.bsky.social · 5d

WATCH: ‘Portland Frog’ pepper balled by ICE agents

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nickyrvs.bsky.social @nickyrvs.bsky.social · 1d

Absolutely incredible story, and proper journalism, amazing

nickyrvs.bsky.social @nickyrvs.bsky.social · 1d

"The IDF presents these videos as intelligence derived illustrations. In reality...

...they include subscriber-only assets from the video game industry, and scans of the Scottish Maritime Museum boat building workshop"

The Ferret @theferret.scot · 1d

"It is a sign of how little regard they have for the truth when they are incorrectly taking images from museums, and it underlines that we cannot trust a word that they say"
theferret.scot/idf-s...

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nickyrvs.bsky.social @nickyrvs.bsky.social · 1d

This is extraordinary!