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Climate Justice Victoria @climatejusticeyyj.bsky.social · 10h

"As late as 1975, General Motors was blaming the Endangered Species Act for transmission problems in the cars it sold. The automatic transmission fluid had been made of sperm whale oil, and the company saw no easy alternative." #climatesky

Greenpeace International 🌍 @greenpeace.org · 11h

"Climate change is a global crisis. If we are to tackle it, we must do so together. Yet it is a struggle to imagine that happening. When have countries ever come together for the good of our common humanity?"

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‘We’ve done it before’: how not to lose hope in the fight against ecological disaster

Some days it can feel as if climate catastrophe is inevitable. But history is full of cases – such as the banning of whaling and CFCs – that show humanity can come together to avert disaster

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Danya Glabau @allergyphd.bsky.social · 15h

The number of times I've heard that what education is has to change because AI! When people say this to me now, I just say, "no." Usually they stop talking for ten seconds because no one is ever telling them no, and that's the whole problem

Ted McCormick @tedmccormick.bsky.social · 1d

The basic structure of so much commentary, some in the guise of academic study, reduces to:

(1) generative AI products are detrimental to the goals of education

(2) therefore, the goals of education must change.

Without the tacit axiom that AI has authority behind it, that just doesn’t follow.

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mtsw @mtsw.bsky.social · 12h

Democrats and Republicans so it looks like a debate with two sides, but everyone sitting there agrees on the actual subject of the discussion.

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Kathryn C-K @kathrynck.bsky.social · 15h

I would respect this whole conversation a lot more if "We have to use AI" finished truthfully with "because powerful people are forcing us" instead of leaving it like it could be pixies

Ted McCormick @tedmccormick.bsky.social · 1d

A striking thing about articles I’ve read claiming to “study the effects” of generative AI on student writing skills and consumption of information is that (1) they nearly always find the effects are negative and (2) most “conclusions” are still written assuming that we must use AI, for some reason.

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That oOooOootter Sarah @simsarah.bsky.social · 13h

In case the actual serious reasons to be disgusted with the NYT aren't enough for you, Wirecutter posted this article and did not reference Sam Vimes ONCE:

Screenshot from NYT Wirecutter headlined "These Boots Have Lasted Me 12 Years. Unfortunately, They're $600" with a graphic of a pair of (presumably quite nice) boots.

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cait (and adonis) @cait.bsky.social · 13h

dear Supreme Corut i am NOT owned. do NOT give my website to that guy i'm serious!!!!! stop!!!!

Lawrence Hurley @lawrencehurley.bsky.social · 21h

Alex Jones has asked the Supreme Court to immediately put his almost $1.5 billion defamation judgment on hold, citing the imminent threat of InfoWars being handed over to The Onion.

If there isn't a stay, "InfoWars will have been acquired by its ideological nemesis and destroyed," the filing says.

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Eric D. Snider @ericdsnider.bsky.social · 22h

When local news KATU posted this on Instagram, they had to clarify that the music was coming from the protesters and hadn't been added as editorial comment. 😂

StrictlyChristo 🦋🇺🇦🌻❌👑 @strictlychristo.bsky.social · 1d

Portland is so good at trolling these fascists.

I ❤️ Portland

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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 13h

www.wweek.com/culture/2025...

Can you put into words what that purpose is? You and the frog have really become icons of this protest.

There’s been a nice overall whimsy that has shown up. The frog is amazing. We had a bunch of other inflatable people here last night, too. I saw people playing Twister the other day.

What they rely on is fear. So by coming out in an absurdist manner, it speaks to them, to some extent, that we’re actually not that afraid.

It also dismantles their narrative a little bit. When they try to describe this situation as “war-torn,” it becomes much harder to take them seriously when they have to post a video saying [U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security] Kristi Noem is up on the balcony staring over the Antifa Army and it’s, like, eight journalists and five protesters and one of them is in a chicken suit.

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Iron Spike @ironspike.bsky.social · 10h

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mtsw @mtsw.bsky.social · 11h

Thiessen having a good chuckle about his fired liberal colleagues - some of whom he worked with for 15 years - is a good reminder that token conservatives at mainstream news outlets are/were there to destroy them, not to contribute to them.

Philip Bump @pbump.com · 13h

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The Oregonian @oregonian.com · 10h

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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Brendel @brendelbored.bsky.social · 17h

Drake sitting there reading about how good the judge thought the song was and how everyone really enjoyed it

The song contains lyrics explicitly accusing Drake of being a pedophile, set to a catchy beat and propulsive
bassline. "Not Like Us" went on to become a cultural sensation.

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 14h

There’s a reason academics universally rejected the initial push to canonize Charlie Kirk as a saint devoted to free speech.

We know all too well that’s the exact opposite of reality.

Matt Gabriele @profgabriele.com · 14h

I know this case is all over - & it should be - but Turning Point USA has waged a harassment campaign against faculty for more than a decade. I know of at least a half dozen other faculty, personally, who have received death threats and several of those who felt so unsafe they too left their homes

David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 15h

Are we great yet?

Mark Bray, a Rutgers University professor and expert on anti-fascist groups, is fleeing to Spain with his family due to death threats that stem from a campaign by Turning Point USA and other conservative groups to get him fired, falsely labeling him as an antifa member.

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Nash @radiodeadair.com · 13h

I wonder if the lesson that when someone tries to pay you in blood money you fucking refuse will sink in from this experience.

Vulture @vulture.com · 14h

Comedians like Aziz Ansari and Jessica Kirson need to look elsewhere for organizations to donate their Riyadh Comedy Festival money. Human Rights Watch said they ‘cannot accept’ donations from them.

Human Rights Watch Doesn’t Want Any Riyadh Comedy Festival Money

Comedians like Aziz Ansari and Jessica Kirson need to look elsewhere for organizations to donate their Riyadh Comedy Festival money. Human Rights Watch said they ‘cannot accept’ donations from them.

www.vulture.com

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Chris Kluwe @chriswarcraft.bsky.social · 14h

I give shit to Jeffries (and Schumer) when they suck, so it’s also important to recognize when they’re doing it right.

This is doing it right. More of this, indeed. *Everyone* involved in the corruption of this administration MUST face consequences for their actions.

Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 15h

This is good, from Hakeem Jeffries. More of this please, in every conceivable forum:

"Sycophants who aid and abet the President’s vengeful schemes will not be able to hide from the serious legal consequences of their behavior. They will be held accountable."

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No More Robots @nomorerobots.io · 20h

Here's how we handle manchildren on the Steam forums at No More Robots:

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mtsw @mtsw.bsky.social · 13h

When prices were going up under Biden there was a constant deluge of news stories about it because the media did not like Biden and wanted him to lose. Under Trump there is not a constant deluge of news stories about coffee prices because they like Trump and want him to win

delrayser @delrayser.bsky.social · 13h

everything is on fire these days, sure, but how is it that 50% of all news stories are not about how I just spent $20 on a bag of store brand coffee at fucking costco

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National Security Counselors 🕵 @nationalsecuritylaw.org · 18h

well fuck

Jacob Shamsian @jayshams.bsky.social · 19h

I've been wondering why Dominion Voting Systems suddenly reached settlements with Rudy Giuliani, Sidney Powell, and One America News.

Turns out, it's been purchased by a Republican-owned election tech firm that insisted on it, per Axios.

www.axios.com/2025/10/09/d...

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Artemis @artemisprime.bsky.social · 23h

This this and this. They’ve lost all credibility to ever speak on free speech again. That’s bigger than whatever money they got. Next time they complain, we laugh.

Jason Bailey @jasondashbailey.com · 23h

I'm a "glass is half-full" kinda guy, so let's look at the upside of the Riyadh Comedy Festival: We never, ever have to even pretend to take any of these "anti-woke" "free speech warriors" seriously, ever again.

New from me at @opinion.bloomberg.com (gift link):

bit.ly/4h51JjF

Will Anti-Woke Comedy Recover From the Riyadh Festival?

Any event that includes comedy’s biggest names is going to attract attention — but the Riyadh Comedy Festival, which kicked off on Sept. 26 and continued through Thursday, is disproving the adage that...

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r o o @jakepaulsartre.bsky.social · 18h

Also saw footage of him screaming at three feminist protestors like

"IF YOU DRAGGED A MAN BY HIS DICK W/O CONSENT WOULD YOU CALL THAT SEXUAL ASSAULT??"

"That would be sexual assault. But I've never done that so..."

"YEAH RIGHT YOU'VE NEVER DONE THAT"

Like...Chris is that happening to you a lot??

r o o @jakepaulsartre.bsky.social · 1d

Did you guys know Christopher Cantwell, the Crying Nazi from Charlottesville, ended up

-becoming an FBI snitch (which turned out to be a ruse the FBI used to gather incriminating evidence against *him*)
-came out as queer, admitting to 100's of Grindr hookups
-started self publishing gay erotica

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Dylan Macri, Cadhla182, Commissions Open @dylanmacri.bsky.social · 17h

Oh you know the end of AI is coming if Marvel and DC decided not to use an exploitative practice.

Comicsbeat @comicsbeat.bsky.social · 17h

NYCC ’25: Cebulski says “we don’t condone AI in the Marvel Comics division”

Marvel editor-in-chief C.B. Cebulski spoke against AI at New York Comic Con, stating that Marvel does not and will not use it.

NYCC ’25: Cebulski says “we don’t condone AI in the Marvel Comics division”

Marvel editor-in-chief C.B. Cebulski spoke against AI at New York Comic Con, stating that Marvel does not and will not use it.

www.comicsbeat.com

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Nash @radiodeadair.com · 16h

I think Drake is the first person in the history of the art form to have lost a rap battle so badly that it's legally binding.

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Nash @radiodeadair.com · 16h

Understand that when a cat climbs in your lap they're telling you that everything else in the entire world sucks except you.

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Phil Salvador @philsalv.bsky.social · 16h

Great advice when you see yet another story about angry people online:

"In a world in which billions of people are active online, support for almost any proposition, no matter how [...] unreasonable, can be found with little effort in any number of comment sections, chat rooms, and servers."

Elizabeth Lopatto @lopatto.bsky.social · 17h

has anyone lost a rap battle as thoroughly as drake www.theverge.com/entertainmen...

Drake lost the rap battle with Kendrick Lamar, judge rules

Judge Jeannette A. Vargas dismissed Drake’s defamation claim against Kendrick Lamar for “Not Like Us,” a song that “contains lyrics explicitly accusing Drake of being a pedophile, set to a catchy beat...

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angel💀 @sabattons.com · 1d

what legal recourse do artists and museums have against international militaries stealing and using our work to commit warcrimes, since apparently that's a conversation we need to have now.

The Serfs (youtube.com/theserfstv) @theserfstv.bsky.social · 1d

Losing my mind and what look like video game assets but instead were used to justify war crimes and genocide in the real world

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 unmistakable: satellite zoom-ins, black & white wireframes, and red-textured houses - a new visual language of war.Our analysis of 43 official IDF videos found recycled 3D environments, spatial inaccuracies, and assets lifted from unrelated artists and institutions.We traced over 30 unique assets to Washington-based 3D creator Ian Hubert, who makes bespoke models created for his sci-fi project Dynamo Dream, available to his Patreon subscribers.

Models of parking lots, antennas, + pipes were repurposed as Hamas and Iranian military sites

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Fascinating work here tracing how the IDF recycled 3D assets from a cyberpunk sci-fi art project, the Scottish Maritime Museum and elsewhere to populate its widely-seen models of supposed enemy locations in Gaza, Lebanon and Iran. One of the most infamous, the alleged underground Hamas command center at Al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza City, used to justify an unprecedented assault on the biggest medical center in Gaza, was actually an animation the IDF had used the previous year, saying at the time it was a tunnel beneath a UN school.

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