Ruby S.
@rubyji.bsky.social
❤️🩹Hope is a discipline.
💀Capitalism is a death cult.
🍉Solidarity is the antidote to fascism.
Awakening 🙈🤩
Living 🐈🪴🌌
Loving ♾️🏳️🌈
Raising a teen 🎮🏹
Durham 🐂🚬 NC, USA
https://lotusmedia.org
💀Capitalism is a death cult.
🍉Solidarity is the antidote to fascism.
Awakening 🙈🤩
Living 🐈🪴🌌
Loving ♾️🏳️🌈
Raising a teen 🎮🏹
Durham 🐂🚬 NC, USA
https://lotusmedia.org
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"Not everyone is rising to the occasion because the times you live in do not immediately shape who you are and what you do... you rise to the level of your training and practice, not to the level of your imagined self." @prisonculture.bsky.social
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We Don’t Know Where We Will End Up…
A Year Since the 2024 Election
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"We need to be encouraged to take some big swings... and that means we will make mistakes. The current construct seeks to limit our imaginations. Who will remind us to shoot for a place beyond the moon? The status quo is unrealistic and impractical."
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If I pointed a loaded assault rifle at someone in the street with the obvious intent of intimidating them, I would be arrested and charged with assault (or worse).
November 26, 2025 at 4:35 AM
If I pointed a loaded assault rifle at someone in the street with the obvious intent of intimidating them, I would be arrested and charged with assault (or worse).
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I remain convinced DOGE was a massive, planetary scale data exfiltration scheme and that Palantir has it all now
Musk's people infiltrated the GSA technology arm early on and demanded root-level access to computer systems, trying to circumvent normal security procedures. Here's one example where they pushed so hard they forced someone to resign rather than give in.
Why did they do this?
Why did they do this?
Musk Ally Demands Admin Access to System That Lets Government Text the Public
A worker resigned in protest rather than giving Thomas Shedd access to Notify.gov, which they said would allow him to see "all personally identifiable information moving through the Notiy system, incl...
www.404media.co
November 26, 2025 at 4:37 AM
I remain convinced DOGE was a massive, planetary scale data exfiltration scheme and that Palantir has it all now
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OpenAI says they aren't liable for the suicide of a user their chat bot urged to kill himself because suicide is a violation of the TOS
Additionally, OpenAI argues its not liable because Raine, by using ChatGPT for self-harm, broke its terms of service
November 26, 2025 at 4:43 AM
OpenAI says they aren't liable for the suicide of a user their chat bot urged to kill himself because suicide is a violation of the TOS
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November 26, 2025 at 5:47 AM
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The CDC has turned off its vaccine search tool.
The vaccines.gov site now gives an error when you enter a valid zip code.
They also removed text saying “Vaccines can help you stay healthy” and added a banner saying the site is being updated.
The vaccines.gov site now gives an error when you enter a valid zip code.
They also removed text saying “Vaccines can help you stay healthy” and added a banner saying the site is being updated.
November 26, 2025 at 5:50 AM
The CDC has turned off its vaccine search tool.
The vaccines.gov site now gives an error when you enter a valid zip code.
They also removed text saying “Vaccines can help you stay healthy” and added a banner saying the site is being updated.
The vaccines.gov site now gives an error when you enter a valid zip code.
They also removed text saying “Vaccines can help you stay healthy” and added a banner saying the site is being updated.
Vaccines work.
“There were no cervical cancer cases diagnosed in women aged <25 years in 2021 – the first time that this has occurred in data going back to 1982. This remarkable achievement is almost certainly due to the impact of HPV vaccination.” From report.cervicalcancercontrol.org.au
#vaccinationsaveslives
#vaccinationsaveslives
November 26, 2025 at 12:57 PM
Vaccines work.
Co-sign
Me about to piss off the capitalists even more: I actually think investing money in genAI and all its data centres should be banned until it proves it does not harm the environment (spoiler, it will not) and also proves it is actually useful (spoiler, it is not).
November 26, 2025 at 12:56 PM
Co-sign
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This is actually a great idea for multiple reasons. AWS has become too important to the structure of the web itself to persist as a private entity.
Me about to piss off a bunch of capitalists: If Bezos doesn’t want to pay his fair share in corporate taxes, I don’t see why we shouldn’t nationalise Amazon and make it a subsidiary of the post office.
November 26, 2025 at 12:13 PM
This is actually a great idea for multiple reasons. AWS has become too important to the structure of the web itself to persist as a private entity.
This terror campaign isn't going to stop until we the people stop these thugs
Happening now in Minnesota: Protestors were sprayed as ICE launched yet another federal raid in St. Paul. Communities are standing their ground while agents escalate force.
Photojournalist @DPet_KARE11News captured these scenes in real time.
Photojournalist @DPet_KARE11News captured these scenes in real time.
November 26, 2025 at 4:33 AM
This terror campaign isn't going to stop until we the people stop these thugs
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Thanks to the tireless efforts of the Break the Bonds NC Coalition, our state government has divested the State Pension Fund from all $6.4M Israeli government bonds! breakthebondsnc.org
Send a letter of thanks and appreciation to Governor Josh Stein: actionnetwork.org/letters/gove... #NCpol
Send a letter of thanks and appreciation to Governor Josh Stein: actionnetwork.org/letters/gove... #NCpol
Governor Stein: Our state has taken a historic and important step
The Break the Bonds NC Coalition is thrilled to announce that North Carolina has divested the full $6.4M of Israeli government bonds from the State Pension Fund. Thank you for your participation in th...
actionnetwork.org
November 25, 2025 at 9:17 PM
Thanks to the tireless efforts of the Break the Bonds NC Coalition, our state government has divested the State Pension Fund from all $6.4M Israeli government bonds! breakthebondsnc.org
Send a letter of thanks and appreciation to Governor Josh Stein: actionnetwork.org/letters/gove... #NCpol
Send a letter of thanks and appreciation to Governor Josh Stein: actionnetwork.org/letters/gove... #NCpol
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This is a good read, but one of the great frustrations of seeing everyone react to the (not-at-all-surprising) "revelation" that the manipulators on Twitter are foreign accounts is that Musk & his cronies were the ones that attacked & defunded the researchers who were telling everyone about this!
I wrote about the fake account blowup on X this weekend. A genuine post-truth nightmare and proof that these companies have polluted their platforms so thoroughly and traded reality for profit that they've undermined the very idea of what the internet is supposed to be.
That MAGA Account Might Be a Troll From Pakistan
How X blew up its own platform with a new location feature
www.theatlantic.com
November 25, 2025 at 9:33 PM
This is a good read, but one of the great frustrations of seeing everyone react to the (not-at-all-surprising) "revelation" that the manipulators on Twitter are foreign accounts is that Musk & his cronies were the ones that attacked & defunded the researchers who were telling everyone about this!
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reupping a thread from one of the (many) previous times we did Piracy Discourse on here
So i have some general heuristics for when illegally downloading copyrighted content is good vs bad. This is a pretty utilitarian approach so ymmv, but feel free to let it inform your thinking if you want!
- Has the author been dead for more than 10 years? If so, who gives a shit? Pirate away.
(1/n)
- Has the author been dead for more than 10 years? If so, who gives a shit? Pirate away.
(1/n)
November 26, 2025 at 3:20 AM
reupping a thread from one of the (many) previous times we did Piracy Discourse on here
Good thread about DOGE. Supposedly addressing corruption and ideologues in government - what a ginormous illustration of every accusation is a confession!
18F was liquidated at midnight and our website deleted at the same moment, apparently to end our leftist conspiracy. In general DOGE appeared quite preoccupied with the idea that websites, mass emails, etc controlled by longtime government employees would be used to conspire against them.
November 26, 2025 at 3:51 AM
Good thread about DOGE. Supposedly addressing corruption and ideologues in government - what a ginormous illustration of every accusation is a confession!
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Being among the first interrogated and ultimately fired by DOGE, I certainly felt we were facing the business end of a right-wing conspiracy theory 🧵
DOGE was not a money-saving effort. It was an effort to chase down and prove right-wing conspiracy theories. They went after USAID to prove conspiracy theories about foreign aid. Then they went after SSA to, again, pursue conspiracy theories about Dems paying "illegals" to vote. 1/2
All DOGE accomplished was purging critical government staff, handing private data to outsiders, and sentencing thousands in developing countries to death by gutting USAID.
I don’t say this lightly: if there were any justice in this world, the people responsible for this devastation would be in jail
I don’t say this lightly: if there were any justice in this world, the people responsible for this devastation would be in jail
November 26, 2025 at 2:31 AM
Being among the first interrogated and ultimately fired by DOGE, I certainly felt we were facing the business end of a right-wing conspiracy theory 🧵
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Are we still doing diner journalism? Because today at a greasy spoon in Stateline, Nevada, a 65 year old birder named Maryanne told me that she likes that “Mamdonnelly” fellow and thinks that Donald Trump is a pedophile.
November 26, 2025 at 3:13 AM
Are we still doing diner journalism? Because today at a greasy spoon in Stateline, Nevada, a 65 year old birder named Maryanne told me that she likes that “Mamdonnelly” fellow and thinks that Donald Trump is a pedophile.
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Just posted this to FedBook a few days ago: "It has become so much harder to do very basic things and that makes everything feel like a heavier lift." - So yes, I really agree with this.
Everything seems so much harder lately. Just hard, hard, hard. (IT'S FINE IT'S FINE)
November 26, 2025 at 3:25 AM
Just posted this to FedBook a few days ago: "It has become so much harder to do very basic things and that makes everything feel like a heavier lift." - So yes, I really agree with this.
Thanks to the tireless efforts of the Break the Bonds NC Coalition, our state government has divested the State Pension Fund from all $6.4M Israeli government bonds! breakthebondsnc.org
Send a letter of thanks and appreciation to Governor Josh Stein: actionnetwork.org/letters/gove... #NCpol
Send a letter of thanks and appreciation to Governor Josh Stein: actionnetwork.org/letters/gove... #NCpol
Governor Stein: Our state has taken a historic and important step
The Break the Bonds NC Coalition is thrilled to announce that North Carolina has divested the full $6.4M of Israeli government bonds from the State Pension Fund. Thank you for your participation in th...
actionnetwork.org
November 25, 2025 at 9:18 PM
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Working for a state revenue agency, I was actually disallowed from making tax filing easier via a "question-answer format" because Intuit got a stipulation into state law.
So instead we just put the whole fuck off fillable form online.
So instead we just put the whole fuck off fillable form online.
November 25, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Working for a state revenue agency, I was actually disallowed from making tax filing easier via a "question-answer format" because Intuit got a stipulation into state law.
So instead we just put the whole fuck off fillable form online.
So instead we just put the whole fuck off fillable form online.
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the most tempting genAI use case anyone has presented me is "letting it do your taxes," and to that i say that we shouldn't have to be doing our taxes in the first place. and i don't mean that in the anarchist way, in other countries the govt just tells you what you owe/don't owe, the tedious >
November 25, 2025 at 7:53 PM
the most tempting genAI use case anyone has presented me is "letting it do your taxes," and to that i say that we shouldn't have to be doing our taxes in the first place. and i don't mean that in the anarchist way, in other countries the govt just tells you what you owe/don't owe, the tedious >
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"The agency also announced plans to relax a rule requiring companies to report all products containing PFAS and has proposed weakening drinking water standards for the chemicals."
The EPA is starting to allow the use of pesticides containing PFAS on food. The move is part of an effort to roll back the regulation of PFAS — also known as "forever chemicals" because they don't break down easily in the environment.
November 25, 2025 at 5:38 PM
"The agency also announced plans to relax a rule requiring companies to report all products containing PFAS and has proposed weakening drinking water standards for the chemicals."
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I think it’s time to put this one back out into the ether, friends
Come and learn about how the tropes undergirding anti-Jewish hatred and conspiracy theories as they exist today came to be…
Come and learn about how the tropes undergirding anti-Jewish hatred and conspiracy theories as they exist today came to be…
The Antisemitism Post (tm)
Gotta get the history to know where the tropes live in the discourse today.
www.lifeisasacredtext.com
November 25, 2025 at 3:12 PM
I think it’s time to put this one back out into the ether, friends
Come and learn about how the tropes undergirding anti-Jewish hatred and conspiracy theories as they exist today came to be…
Come and learn about how the tropes undergirding anti-Jewish hatred and conspiracy theories as they exist today came to be…
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If you've ever had the misfortune of reading one of NC State Auditor Dave Boliek's reports, you might wonder if anyone on his staff can write a coherent sentence. #ncpol
There are so many smart people in NC, but none of them work for Dave Boliek.
Gift link: www.newsobserver.com/opinion/arti...
There are so many smart people in NC, but none of them work for Dave Boliek.
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NC auditor damages the integrity of the office with rushed, political reports | Opinion
“Rapid response” reports don’t follow auditing standards, but they do give Boliek a chance to help Republican political efforts | Opinion
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November 25, 2025 at 2:48 PM
If you've ever had the misfortune of reading one of NC State Auditor Dave Boliek's reports, you might wonder if anyone on his staff can write a coherent sentence. #ncpol
There are so many smart people in NC, but none of them work for Dave Boliek.
Gift link: www.newsobserver.com/opinion/arti...
There are so many smart people in NC, but none of them work for Dave Boliek.
Gift link: www.newsobserver.com/opinion/arti...
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ICE deported a woman who owned a home in the US for 30 years. A judge banned ICE from deporting her to Sierra Leone where she had been tortured, so it deported her to Ghana, which kidnapped her and sent her back Sierra Leone anyway. ICE is part of this illegal conspiracy.
November 25, 2025 at 4:40 PM
ICE deported a woman who owned a home in the US for 30 years. A judge banned ICE from deporting her to Sierra Leone where she had been tortured, so it deported her to Ghana, which kidnapped her and sent her back Sierra Leone anyway. ICE is part of this illegal conspiracy.
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also, relatedly, I'm trying to get Professor @kimberlecrenshaw.bsky.social to use Bluesky. I am hoping all y'all who have shared this is enough to inspire her to believe that this is the social media place for her.
"My mentor always tells me, 'Kim, dogs don’t bark at parked cars." They’re coming after critical race theory, 1619, intersectionality because these ideas mobilized people. They gave them the language to actually articulate what they were seeing with their own eyes," says Kimberlé Crenshaw.
November 25, 2025 at 5:05 PM
also, relatedly, I'm trying to get Professor @kimberlecrenshaw.bsky.social to use Bluesky. I am hoping all y'all who have shared this is enough to inspire her to believe that this is the social media place for her.
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The only response is, "So you're saying service members SHOULD comply with illegal orders?"
November 25, 2025 at 5:56 PM
The only response is, "So you're saying service members SHOULD comply with illegal orders?"