skies (they/them)
@skiesofpluto.bsky.social
they/them. 30s, queer weirdo / i have many obsessions / please feel free to yoink and improve upon any alt text I post / check out my bots: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:ogqmwdmv2jnptani4oitrjfr/lists/3lmczrhwb3m2p
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Thermal Stickers
a growing library of anti-fascist thermal sticker designs.
stickers.nekoweb.org
i have added about a dozen more thermal stickers to the site. all tested, some converted to work in black in white. stickers.nekoweb.org
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OF COURSE Flock is exploiting gig workers in the Global South to train and interpret data. Real people lie behind so many 'automated' things.
Flock Uses Overseas Gig Workers to Build its Surveillance AI
Flock accidentally exposed training materials and a panel which tracked what its AI annotators were working on. It showed that Flock, which has cameras in thousands of U.S. communities, is using worke...
www.404media.co
December 1, 2025 at 6:28 PM
OF COURSE Flock is exploiting gig workers in the Global South to train and interpret data. Real people lie behind so many 'automated' things.
im going to have lunch. after my lunch i get to call my insurance about why i don't seem to have vision coverage
December 1, 2025 at 7:09 PM
im going to have lunch. after my lunch i get to call my insurance about why i don't seem to have vision coverage
i know i'm at the irritable part of my cycle because i'm responding (internally) to people talking about totally innocuous life things with like... aggression lmao
December 1, 2025 at 7:01 PM
i know i'm at the irritable part of my cycle because i'm responding (internally) to people talking about totally innocuous life things with like... aggression lmao
gotta do a bunch of stuff i don't want to this week 😩
December 1, 2025 at 6:41 PM
gotta do a bunch of stuff i don't want to this week 😩
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It is not a stretch at this point to say that, if you are using a Ring doorbell, you are an ICE collaborator.
Amazon readily provides data to LEOs and ICE.
Don't want to be an ICE collaborator? Then don't use Ring.
Amazon readily provides data to LEOs and ICE.
Don't want to be an ICE collaborator? Then don't use Ring.
remember that your ring doorbell starts using face recognition on every face it sees today :)
December 1, 2025 at 5:02 PM
It is not a stretch at this point to say that, if you are using a Ring doorbell, you are an ICE collaborator.
Amazon readily provides data to LEOs and ICE.
Don't want to be an ICE collaborator? Then don't use Ring.
Amazon readily provides data to LEOs and ICE.
Don't want to be an ICE collaborator? Then don't use Ring.
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By the way, even with the new biblically accurate possum design in the shop, the old one is still there if that scale and shape is more your vibe!
December 1, 2025 at 3:43 PM
By the way, even with the new biblically accurate possum design in the shop, the old one is still there if that scale and shape is more your vibe!
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remember, remember, the D in December
and have a happy December
-D for December
and have a happy December
-D for December
December 1, 2025 at 4:26 PM
remember, remember, the D in December
and have a happy December
-D for December
and have a happy December
-D for December
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![here is no question that the generations-long erosion of the
U.S. manufacturing base, and the diminution of the unionized pension jobs that this sector had offered, disproportionately harmed working-class men. (This is perhaps especially true for Black men, whose access to these steady, well-paying jobs greatly expanded following the victories of the civil-rights movement.) Ongoing industrial collapse has shaped many of the statistics that are central to the man-crisis discourse.
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Yet, if you tilt some of the most commonly cited data points this way or that, you can just as easily argue on the behalf of a woman crisis as a man crisis—or, perhaps most accurately, for an ongoing multidirectional crisis affecting us all,](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:xbsuw4ceyirmgtbscyptwgbe/bafkreid7oybg6am6zsw5tm7hgkji362xtccn6wx6ki4vzbnsefidr7jm6m@jpeg)
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The news has entirely failed to grasp the unprecedented scope of the ICE and DHS budgets. Nothing like it in modern history. A galaxy of public/private surveillance and caging institutions for $100,000,000,000s unleashed on a public that will be forever changed. www.brennancenter.org/our-work/res...
ICE Wants to Go After Dissenters as well as Immigrants
The Trump administration is being open about its plans to violate Americans’ First and Fourth Amendment rights.
www.brennancenter.org
December 1, 2025 at 12:33 PM
The news has entirely failed to grasp the unprecedented scope of the ICE and DHS budgets. Nothing like it in modern history. A galaxy of public/private surveillance and caging institutions for $100,000,000,000s unleashed on a public that will be forever changed. www.brennancenter.org/our-work/res...
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lol "dynamic pricing" if they don't gtfo with these fucking euphemisms for "How can we squeeze the last drop of blood from this stone?"
Yeah, the "dynamic pricing" in big box stores is the same. Depending on who is looking at the tag, time of day, etc. the price for items can literally change from the shelf to the register. 😤 Freaking DISNEY is even going to start using it! deadline.com/2025/11/disn...
Disney Will Bring Dynamic Pricing Similar To Airline Model To Domestic Theme Parks, Says CFO
Disney will bring dynamic pricing similar to the model used by airlines to its domestic theme parks as the company looks to boost incremental revenue.
deadline.com
November 30, 2025 at 9:39 PM
lol "dynamic pricing" if they don't gtfo with these fucking euphemisms for "How can we squeeze the last drop of blood from this stone?"
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I wish all figures of authority cared about moms and babies. But some don’t. Some even want you to hurt. And those are the people who cast doubt on the vaccination miracle that has allowed so many of us to live longer and better.
kentuckylantern.com/2025/11/25/t...
kentuckylantern.com/2025/11/25/t...
Third unvaccinated Kentucky baby dies of whooping cough • Kentucky Lantern
A third unvaccinated infant in Kentucky has died of pertussis as public health officials urge Kentuckians to get vaccinated against the disease.
kentuckylantern.com
November 30, 2025 at 11:39 PM
I wish all figures of authority cared about moms and babies. But some don’t. Some even want you to hurt. And those are the people who cast doubt on the vaccination miracle that has allowed so many of us to live longer and better.
kentuckylantern.com/2025/11/25/t...
kentuckylantern.com/2025/11/25/t...
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(RACHEL walks past children playing. Her biological clock ticks. She’s thirty, almost dead.)
LITTLE GIRL: Are you excited for the County Hanukkah Fair?
RACHEL: Not really. I’m not super into Hanukkah.
LITTLE GIRL: Are you excited for the County Hanukkah Fair?
RACHEL: Not really. I’m not super into Hanukkah.
Scenes from a Hallmark Hanukkah Movie Written by Someone Who Has Definitely Met a Jew
EXT. SMALL TOWN BUS STOP – DAY (A beautiful woman with slightly wavy brown hair steps off a bus. She’s RACHEL, a corporate lawyer from The Big Cit...
buff.ly
December 1, 2025 at 2:30 AM
(RACHEL walks past children playing. Her biological clock ticks. She’s thirty, almost dead.)
LITTLE GIRL: Are you excited for the County Hanukkah Fair?
RACHEL: Not really. I’m not super into Hanukkah.
LITTLE GIRL: Are you excited for the County Hanukkah Fair?
RACHEL: Not really. I’m not super into Hanukkah.
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I will provide commentary: fuck
December 1, 2025 at 2:54 AM
I will provide commentary: fuck
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There's a pretty great Tumblr post about this:
November 26, 2025 at 2:53 AM
There's a pretty great Tumblr post about this:
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every trans person i see post about the OU suspension knows that the suspended target is trans & a grad student, & has an innate awareness that this is about purging trans employees. every cis person i see thinks the target is a rando professor & that this is about giving conservatives good grades
December 1, 2025 at 12:04 AM
every trans person i see post about the OU suspension knows that the suspended target is trans & a grad student, & has an innate awareness that this is about purging trans employees. every cis person i see thinks the target is a rando professor & that this is about giving conservatives good grades
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December 1, 2025 at 10:11 AM
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It's the most wonderful time of the year.
December 1, 2025 at 2:07 PM
It's the most wonderful time of the year.
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airbnb privately owns the technology to scrape ads and clips from across the internet and compare them to the id that they make you upload on the app. it is not a matter of if, but when, they catch up with you.
Airbnb Admits Ownership of AI Technology That Targets Sex Workers, Others
Worldwide lodging app Airbnb now owns an AI technology that allows them to discriminate against people in certain categories, specifically including sex workers, based on unrelated social media posts ...
www.xbiz.com
November 30, 2025 at 3:59 PM
airbnb privately owns the technology to scrape ads and clips from across the internet and compare them to the id that they make you upload on the app. it is not a matter of if, but when, they catch up with you.
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as the holidays approach, i am once again holding the sign to remind sex workers that airbnb regularly scrapes your browser activity and buys huge amounts of your personal data to determine if you are a good enough person based on a secret algorithm.
Sex Workers Have Been Banned From Airbnb for Years. Will You Be Next?
www.thenation.com
November 30, 2025 at 3:57 PM
as the holidays approach, i am once again holding the sign to remind sex workers that airbnb regularly scrapes your browser activity and buys huge amounts of your personal data to determine if you are a good enough person based on a secret algorithm.
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