Shablo Pleye
@shablopligh.bsky.social
Interested in life, justice and sustainable society for humanity. Permaculture & regenerative ecological agriculture. Mostly plants. Non-violent except self-defense. Human rights > upper class/corps.
Posting news, info + insults to fascism.
they/them.
Posting news, info + insults to fascism.
they/them.
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Shablo Pleye
@shablopligh.bsky.social
· Dec 9
Video: Thousands of crows flying around with a brilliant hot pink n orange sunset backdrop
#Sunset #Birds #Crows #MurderOfCrows
#Sunset #Birds #Crows #MurderOfCrows
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I’m not saying that Trump’s speech last night was AI, but also yes I am.
November 27, 2025 at 8:10 PM
I’m not saying that Trump’s speech last night was AI, but also yes I am.
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If you're familiar with the asylum process, then you know that a grant of asylum within ninety days only happens when a certain alphabet soup government agency goes to bat for the applicant and insists that the process be expedited. That's plainly what happened here. The assailant is a company man.
Officials criticize Biden vetting, but Afghan shooting suspect was granted asylum under Trump
The Trump administration on Thursday blamed Biden-era vetting failures for the admission of an Afghan immigrant suspected of shooting two National Guard members in Washington, D.C., but the alleged gu...
www.reuters.com
November 27, 2025 at 8:10 PM
If you're familiar with the asylum process, then you know that a grant of asylum within ninety days only happens when a certain alphabet soup government agency goes to bat for the applicant and insists that the process be expedited. That's plainly what happened here. The assailant is a company man.
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ICE DETAINED MARILYN. Fuck these people. www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...
‘Northern Exposure’ actor gave ICE agents in Redmond her tribal ID. They called it ‘fake,’ she says
Indigenous actor Elaine Miles of "Northern Exposure" was detained by ICE at a Redmond bus stop. When she showed them her Tribal ID, they told her it was fake.
www.seattletimes.com
November 27, 2025 at 4:35 PM
ICE DETAINED MARILYN. Fuck these people. www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...
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It happened! The @nytimes.com profiled Paulina!
The Writer Who Dared Criticize Silicon Valley
Paulina Borsook’s “Cyberselfish,” which offered dire predictions about the tech world’s love for libertarianism, is finding fans. It only took 25 years.
Gift Link:
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/27/t...
The Writer Who Dared Criticize Silicon Valley
Paulina Borsook’s “Cyberselfish,” which offered dire predictions about the tech world’s love for libertarianism, is finding fans. It only took 25 years.
Gift Link:
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/27/t...
November 27, 2025 at 4:39 PM
It happened! The @nytimes.com profiled Paulina!
The Writer Who Dared Criticize Silicon Valley
Paulina Borsook’s “Cyberselfish,” which offered dire predictions about the tech world’s love for libertarianism, is finding fans. It only took 25 years.
Gift Link:
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/27/t...
The Writer Who Dared Criticize Silicon Valley
Paulina Borsook’s “Cyberselfish,” which offered dire predictions about the tech world’s love for libertarianism, is finding fans. It only took 25 years.
Gift Link:
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/27/t...
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Let's be blunt: A good leader would never be threatened by their subordinates following the law.
Trump's tantrum isn't about politics; it's a preview.
He's telling our troops, "My word is above the law."
That's the opposite of everything our military family signed up to defend.
#IllegalOrders
Trump's tantrum isn't about politics; it's a preview.
He's telling our troops, "My word is above the law."
That's the opposite of everything our military family signed up to defend.
#IllegalOrders
November 26, 2025 at 12:22 AM
Let's be blunt: A good leader would never be threatened by their subordinates following the law.
Trump's tantrum isn't about politics; it's a preview.
He's telling our troops, "My word is above the law."
That's the opposite of everything our military family signed up to defend.
#IllegalOrders
Trump's tantrum isn't about politics; it's a preview.
He's telling our troops, "My word is above the law."
That's the opposite of everything our military family signed up to defend.
#IllegalOrders
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"When workers raise their voices, they are ignored. When they try to organize, they are threatened and sacked. ... [W]hen workers protest, they are beaten, shot at, and arrested."
Ensuring these employees are afforded the right to organize their workplaces is key to ending worker exploitation across the fashion industry.
Workers Who Make Black Friday Deals Possible Face Attacks on Right to Organize
New reports detail how the fashion industry relies on underpaid and overworked labor in the Global South.
buff.ly
November 27, 2025 at 8:11 PM
"When workers raise their voices, they are ignored. When they try to organize, they are threatened and sacked. ... [W]hen workers protest, they are beaten, shot at, and arrested."
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A central dividing point between Bari Weiss et al and actual academics is whether academia (and other professions like journalism and medicine) are real professions that should have some autonomy, or whether they should be subservient to the interests of politicians, culture warriors and capital.
November 27, 2025 at 8:11 PM
A central dividing point between Bari Weiss et al and actual academics is whether academia (and other professions like journalism and medicine) are real professions that should have some autonomy, or whether they should be subservient to the interests of politicians, culture warriors and capital.
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The pretend University of Austin teaches "Forbidden Courses" with zero pushback even as the real universities are forbidding courses due to political pressure
My friend Jake (that’s Dr. Beck to you!) on the crisis in Texas universities.
www.dallasnews.com/opinion/comm...
www.dallasnews.com/opinion/comm...
Professor: Texas used to have universities
Former Texas Tech professor takes issue with the actions of Texas universities to restrict what topics can be discussed. Doing so makes them something other...
www.dallasnews.com
November 27, 2025 at 8:04 PM
The pretend University of Austin teaches "Forbidden Courses" with zero pushback even as the real universities are forbidding courses due to political pressure
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Los Angeles ➡️ Chicago ➡️ Charlotte ➡️ New Orleans ➡️ ???
As ICE and Border Patrol invade more American cities, local communities are sharing tips about how to respond and defend their rights.
FPF's Seth Stern and Adam Rose offer perspective:
As ICE and Border Patrol invade more American cities, local communities are sharing tips about how to respond and defend their rights.
FPF's Seth Stern and Adam Rose offer perspective:
As Charlotte immigration enforcement fears linger, activists from Chicago offer advice
As federal immigration enforcement departs Charlotte, organizers and advocates share lessons they’ve learned from Chicago’s immigration raids — lessons that could inform responses to future crackdowns.
www.wfae.org
November 27, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Los Angeles ➡️ Chicago ➡️ Charlotte ➡️ New Orleans ➡️ ???
As ICE and Border Patrol invade more American cities, local communities are sharing tips about how to respond and defend their rights.
FPF's Seth Stern and Adam Rose offer perspective:
As ICE and Border Patrol invade more American cities, local communities are sharing tips about how to respond and defend their rights.
FPF's Seth Stern and Adam Rose offer perspective:
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Russia’s drones and agents are unleashing attacks across NATO.
Amid the chaos, Europe appears to have had enough — and is ready to push back against Moscow.
🔗 politi.co/485iRmH
Amid the chaos, Europe appears to have had enough — and is ready to push back against Moscow.
🔗 politi.co/485iRmH
November 27, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Russia’s drones and agents are unleashing attacks across NATO.
Amid the chaos, Europe appears to have had enough — and is ready to push back against Moscow.
🔗 politi.co/485iRmH
Amid the chaos, Europe appears to have had enough — and is ready to push back against Moscow.
🔗 politi.co/485iRmH
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NEWSWEEK: “Tennessee Democrats are investigating postcards allegedly sent to voters with an incorrect date for the upcoming special election…” (ELECTION IS 12/2)
Why is Sec. Hargett not looking into it🤔?
www.newsweek.com/democrats-in...
Why is Sec. Hargett not looking into it🤔?
www.newsweek.com/democrats-in...
November 27, 2025 at 6:43 PM
NEWSWEEK: “Tennessee Democrats are investigating postcards allegedly sent to voters with an incorrect date for the upcoming special election…” (ELECTION IS 12/2)
Why is Sec. Hargett not looking into it🤔?
www.newsweek.com/democrats-in...
Why is Sec. Hargett not looking into it🤔?
www.newsweek.com/democrats-in...
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Just want to say, once again, that London is now — and will continue to be — whiter than most major American cities, to include:
- New York
- Los Angeles
- Chicago
- Houston
- Philadelphia
- San Antonio
- Dallas
- Fort Worth
- San Jose
- New York
- Los Angeles
- Chicago
- Houston
- Philadelphia
- San Antonio
- Dallas
- Fort Worth
- San Jose
Tucker Carlson Fumes England Is Now ‘Pretty Filthy’ As Whites On Track to Be Minority
Tucker Carlson Fumes England Is Now ‘Pretty Filthy’ As Whites On Track to Be Minority
Morgan pushed back hard on Carlson’s wild suggestion that the UK needlessly fought the Germans in World War II and on Carlson’s premise that the UK had been ruined by immigration.
The post Tucker Carlson Fumes England Is Now ‘Pretty Filthy’ As Whites On Track to Be Minority first appeared on Mediaite.
dlvr.it
November 27, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Just want to say, once again, that London is now — and will continue to be — whiter than most major American cities, to include:
- New York
- Los Angeles
- Chicago
- Houston
- Philadelphia
- San Antonio
- Dallas
- Fort Worth
- San Jose
- New York
- Los Angeles
- Chicago
- Houston
- Philadelphia
- San Antonio
- Dallas
- Fort Worth
- San Jose
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Trump: "So what are we going to do here, folks? I only need 11,000 votes."
"Trump threatened those [election] officials with legal repercussions."
"[L]ast remaining criminal prosecution that Trump faced stemming from that election." "[D]ropping all charges."
#Georgia #USA #Courts #Voting
"Trump threatened those [election] officials with legal repercussions."
"[L]ast remaining criminal prosecution that Trump faced stemming from that election." "[D]ropping all charges."
#Georgia #USA #Courts #Voting
Georgia Prosecutor Drops Trump Election Interference Case
A Georgia prosecutor cited time and costs as his reasons for dropping the case.
truthout.org
November 27, 2025 at 1:50 PM
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“Take it to the Casino and double up”
😳
What a moronic comment. He’s bankrupting the country, just like he did to his casinos.
🤦🏼♀️ 🤡
😳
What a moronic comment. He’s bankrupting the country, just like he did to his casinos.
🤦🏼♀️ 🤡
November 27, 2025 at 1:37 PM
“Take it to the Casino and double up”
😳
What a moronic comment. He’s bankrupting the country, just like he did to his casinos.
🤦🏼♀️ 🤡
😳
What a moronic comment. He’s bankrupting the country, just like he did to his casinos.
🤦🏼♀️ 🤡
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When the strongest argument for your policy is a list of lies (I count 7) and exaggerations (another 5), you reveal more than a wonky list of truths ever would.
November 27, 2025 at 1:33 PM
When the strongest argument for your policy is a list of lies (I count 7) and exaggerations (another 5), you reveal more than a wonky list of truths ever would.
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Oh good someone does this. Here’s Skyrizi. This is what American TV is like now. youtu.be/lZMd95miPQk
Skyrizi Commercial #9 (2025)
YouTube video by Commercial Archivist
youtu.be
November 27, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Oh good someone does this. Here’s Skyrizi. This is what American TV is like now. youtu.be/lZMd95miPQk
Binge-watching Big Pharma ads as if it’s a Black Mirror spinoff
There should be a livestream that’s just the pharmaceutical ads that play on American TV so that people in other countries can get a sense of just how broken the country is on that level.
November 27, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Binge-watching Big Pharma ads as if it’s a Black Mirror spinoff
There must be well-publicized resources for all swearing an Oath to defend the Constitution against domestic enemies, eg that: define terms; cite historical/legal precedents and realistic scenarios; list lawyers & advocates that defend whistleblowers and conscientious order-refusers.
LMK anyone
LMK anyone
This should’ve been ready and released with the video
November 27, 2025 at 5:02 PM
There must be well-publicized resources for all swearing an Oath to defend the Constitution against domestic enemies, eg that: define terms; cite historical/legal precedents and realistic scenarios; list lawyers & advocates that defend whistleblowers and conscientious order-refusers.
LMK anyone
LMK anyone
“For comparison, here are the scores for some classic texts. Only Immanuel Kant’s famously difficult “Critique of Pure Reason” registers a more challenging readability score than Facebook’s privacy policy.”
Opinion | We Read 150 Privacy Policies. They Were an Incomprehensible Disaster. (Published 2019)
The average policy took 18 minutes to finish and required a college-level reading ability.
www.nytimes.com
November 27, 2025 at 2:52 PM
“For comparison, here are the scores for some classic texts. Only Immanuel Kant’s famously difficult “Critique of Pure Reason” registers a more challenging readability score than Facebook’s privacy policy.”
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NY’s new law requires companies to disclose when algorithms set prices. Though it doesn’t stop surveillance pricing, its real power may be giving researchers and watchdogs new ways to investigate algorithmic harms, argues Stephanie T. Nguyen, Fmr. Chief Technologist at the Federal Trade Commission.
How to Test New York’s Algorithmic Pricing Law | TechPolicy.Press
New York’s ADPA exposes algorithmic pricing. Stephanie T. Nguyen discusses how these disclosures could reveal fairness issues and potential consumer impacts.
buff.ly
November 27, 2025 at 2:30 PM
NY’s new law requires companies to disclose when algorithms set prices. Though it doesn’t stop surveillance pricing, its real power may be giving researchers and watchdogs new ways to investigate algorithmic harms, argues Stephanie T. Nguyen, Fmr. Chief Technologist at the Federal Trade Commission.
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This can be links to legal guides that are helpful or organizations that help with this. It's always fine for an office to write its own guide too, I've worked on that before.
You aren't allowed to call for donations but you are allowed to link to other places. Just explain what you are about.
You aren't allowed to call for donations but you are allowed to link to other places. Just explain what you are about.
November 27, 2025 at 1:43 PM
This can be links to legal guides that are helpful or organizations that help with this. It's always fine for an office to write its own guide too, I've worked on that before.
You aren't allowed to call for donations but you are allowed to link to other places. Just explain what you are about.
You aren't allowed to call for donations but you are allowed to link to other places. Just explain what you are about.
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Over 200 men were sent by Kristi Noem-in violation of a court order-to the CECOT prison for terrorists
She claimed they were criminals. In reality, most had no criminal records, and many had valid claims for asylum
They were tortured. Beaten. Sexually abused. Even shot.
THERE MUST BE JUSTICE
She claimed they were criminals. In reality, most had no criminal records, and many had valid claims for asylum
They were tortured. Beaten. Sexually abused. Even shot.
THERE MUST BE JUSTICE
November 26, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Over 200 men were sent by Kristi Noem-in violation of a court order-to the CECOT prison for terrorists
She claimed they were criminals. In reality, most had no criminal records, and many had valid claims for asylum
They were tortured. Beaten. Sexually abused. Even shot.
THERE MUST BE JUSTICE
She claimed they were criminals. In reality, most had no criminal records, and many had valid claims for asylum
They were tortured. Beaten. Sexually abused. Even shot.
THERE MUST BE JUSTICE
Ted Underwood just blocked me.
Any AI fans can answer these questions, with sources?
LLM AI bubble gonna blow up, US economy will be hit.
No bail out for techbro billionaires.
Any AI fans can answer these questions, with sources?
LLM AI bubble gonna blow up, US economy will be hit.
No bail out for techbro billionaires.
Got links to credible sources documenting no AI bubble + real value produced thru AI?
Increases in productivity?
Significant improvement in accuracy?
Prosocial industry plans re copyright claims, mental problems, deep fakes for political disruption, harassment, and exploitation with LLMs?
Increases in productivity?
Significant improvement in accuracy?
Prosocial industry plans re copyright claims, mental problems, deep fakes for political disruption, harassment, and exploitation with LLMs?
November 27, 2025 at 11:51 AM
Ted Underwood just blocked me.
Any AI fans can answer these questions, with sources?
LLM AI bubble gonna blow up, US economy will be hit.
No bail out for techbro billionaires.
Any AI fans can answer these questions, with sources?
LLM AI bubble gonna blow up, US economy will be hit.
No bail out for techbro billionaires.