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Jess O'Thomson @jessothomson.co.uk · 1d

It cannot be made clearer.

If you continue to support the Harry Potter franchise in any way, you are directly funding the removal of trans people's human rights in the UK.

JK Rowling pledges to keep up fight against SNP trans policies

Author vows to bankroll campaigners after Scottish government fails to pay group's legal fees in Supreme Court equality case

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Colin Childs🍁 @phoul.bsky.social · 14h

The fact this needs saying in 2025 is disheartening. Friday will be interesting.

Andrea Junker @strandjunker.com · 15h

If you rename the Department of Defense the Department of War, then bomb fishing boats in the Caribbean, and shoot an unarmed priest in the head with a pepper bullet, you should automatically be barred from receiving the Nobel Peace Prize for the rest of your life.

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Andrea Junker @strandjunker.com · 15h

If you rename the Department of Defense the Department of War, then bomb fishing boats in the Caribbean, and shoot an unarmed priest in the head with a pepper bullet, you should automatically be barred from receiving the Nobel Peace Prize for the rest of your life.

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Colin Childs🍁 @phoul.bsky.social · 14h

I wish there was a labeler I could turn on and off that just hid American politics entirely.

Because half of it ends up impacting us in Canada, I don't feel comfortable just blocking all of the terms; but fuck I don't need to see another repost of his stupid press conference today.

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Deth Veggie @dethveggie.bsky.social · 15h

Exactly. When the fascists tell you what they want to do to you, believe them.

Asha Rangappa @asharangappa.bsky.social · 1d

As I observed in my Substack Round Up this past week, the endgame of the military strikes against drug cartels in international waters is to lay the groundwork to use lethal military force against Americans at home. Pay attention open.substack.com/pub/asharang...

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SK Winnicki, PhD 🏳️‍⚧️ @skwinnicki.bsky.social · 15h

Just last week when I posted about how I hated Ohio's new verification laws (requiring I upload my ID to Bluesky and other sites) people acted like the risk wasn't a big deal.

404 Media @404media.co · 19h

BREAKING: A catastrophic breach has impacted Discord user data including selfies and identity documents uploaded as part of the app’s verification process, email addresses, phone numbers, approximately where the user lives, and much more.

🔗 www.404media.co/the-discord-...

The Discord Hack is Every Users’ Worst Nightmare

A hack impacting Discord’s age verification process shows in stark terms the risk of tech companies collecting users’ ID documents. Now the hackers are posting peoples’ IDs and other sensitive informa...

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Punchy @punchystream.bsky.social · 15h

at some point I really think there needs to be some sort of large scale pushback on Valve for their complete abdication of responsibility in moderating steam forums to every individual developer regardless of whether or not they asked for it, allowing this tumour to completely fester.

Mike Rose @mikerose.bsky.social · 23h

Classic Steam forums

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The Beaverton @thebeaverton.com · 15h

Inspiring: this elbowless man manages to hold down a full time job as a Prime Minister

Mark Carney may look like just another Canadian Prime Minister. But don’t let that fool you. The most inspiring part of his story isn’t that he went to Harvard, or even that he’s made millions working...

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404 Media @404media.co · 19h

BREAKING: A catastrophic breach has impacted Discord user data including selfies and identity documents uploaded as part of the app’s verification process, email addresses, phone numbers, approximately where the user lives, and much more.

🔗 www.404media.co/the-discord-...

The Discord Hack is Every Users’ Worst Nightmare

A hack impacting Discord’s age verification process shows in stark terms the risk of tech companies collecting users’ ID documents. Now the hackers are posting peoples’ IDs and other sensitive informa...

www.404media.co

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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 1d

I will not back down.

Trump is now calling for the arrest of elected representatives checking his power.

What else is left on the path to full-blown authoritarianism?

Donald Trump Truth Social Post: Chicago Mayor should be in jail for failing to protect Ice Officers! Governor Pritzker also.

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Micah @rincewind.run · 1d

that donald trump was allowed to become president again after J6 is something we may never recover from as a nation

Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 1d

I will not back down.

Trump is now calling for the arrest of elected representatives checking his power.

What else is left on the path to full-blown authoritarianism?

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Nat 🌸 @appletunpiee.bsky.social · 1d

Ready for sweater weather with Quilava and Cyndaquil ✨
#pokemon #art #fanart

6 drawings of Cyndaquil and Quilava wearing matching sweaters! The top left they are wearing cloud sweaters, the top right they are wearing sweaters with a heart pattern, middle left sweaters have a star pattern, middle right is a zigzag sweater, bottom left is a cable knit pattern, and bottom right is rainbow stripes.

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Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 1d

The fascists are saying that the first “antifa” groups go back to the Weimar Republic.

They say it like it’s bad.

There will always be people resisting fascism.

The people who resisted the rise of the Nazis were brave.

They fought for freedom, and many lost their lives.

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Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 1d

U.S. Northern Command says that elements of the Texas national guard are now “employed in the greater Chicago area.”

The statement claims that they’ve been deployed to protect ICE and federal property.

U.S. Northern Command &
@USNorthernCmd
X.com
Effective today, elements of the Texas National Guard, under Title 10 authority and command and control of U.S. Northern Command, are employed in the greater Chicago area.
These soldiers are employed to protect U.S.
Immigration and Customs Enforcement and other
U.S. Government personnel who are performing federal functions, including the enforcement of federal law, and to protect federal property.
For the latest information on our Federal Protection Mission, please see the link below:

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Ernie Smith @ernie.tedium.co · 1d

If you run a NAS company, don't upset the nerds.

www.guru3d.com/story/synolo...

Synology Reverses Policy Banning Third-Party HDDs After NAS sales plummet

Synology has backtracked on one of its most unpopular decisions in years. After seeing NAS sales plummet in 2025, the company has decided to lift restrictions that forced users to buy its own Synology...

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Colin Childs🍁 @phoul.bsky.social · 1d

I'm sure this will draw the ire of swifties, but it really seems like people think Taylor is someone she keeps proving she isn't.

ostonox @ostonox.com · 5d

incredible that taylor's team thought no one would notice AI generated music videos from the most popular artist in america

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Colin Childs🍁 @phoul.bsky.social · 1d

The way people keep ignoring this lesson..

Quinta Jurecic @qjurecic.bsky.social · 1d

he's going to come after you either way, so you might as well act with integrity

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Kai Ryssdal @kairyssdal.bsky.social · 1d

This is the lesson of 2025

Quinta Jurecic @qjurecic.bsky.social · 1d

he's going to come after you either way, so you might as well act with integrity

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Lichess @lichess.org · 1d

Follow the remaining eight games on Lichess until October 10: lichess.org/broadcast/cl...

Clutch Chess: The Legends • Round 4 (Blitz)

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Lichess @lichess.org · 1d

Garry Kasparov wins against Vishy Anand in Round 3 of Clutch Chess: The Legends 🔥

Kasparov now leads the Chess960 match between both legends by one point after the first day in St. Louis.

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Garry Kasparov beats Vishy Anand in Round 3 of Clutch Chess: The Legends

YouTube video by Lichess

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Colin Childs🍁 @phoul.bsky.social · 1d

It's almost like sitting on all of this private data is a bad idea.

Hmm. 🤔

Techmeme @techmeme.com · 1d

Discord estimates 70,000 users globally may have had government ID photos exposed in a September 20 third-party customer service data breach (Jay Peters/The Verge)

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Techmeme @techmeme.com · 1d

Discord estimates 70,000 users globally may have had government ID photos exposed in a September 20 third-party customer service data breach (Jay Peters/The Verge)

Main Link | Techmeme Permalink

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Zac Thompson @zacthompson.bsky.social · 1d

Hell yeah, Jim. This is exactly what I want to hear executives say about A.I.

Heidi MacDonald @comixace.bsky.social · 1d

"That's the point – the smudge, the rough line, the hesitation - that's what makes my work come alive." - Jim Lee talking about why DC will never use AI storytelling. "AI doesn't dream, feel or make art, it aggregates it."

@jimlee.bsky.social speaking very passionately at Retailer Day. #nycc

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Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 1d

They’re flooding the zone so effectively that the joint letter by six former Surgeon Generals about the dangers of RFK Jr was barely a blip.

People have already forgotten it.

Public health isn’t flashy, but it’s incredibly important to society.

He poses an imminent global threat & must resign.

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Tim Onion @bencollins.bsky.social · 1d

She's Canadian, you wouldn't know her.

Schrödinger's Sneetch Belly @rtodkelly.bsky.social · 1d

"the girlfriend of one of the founders of antifa"

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