SpectreOpaque
@spectreopaque.bsky.social
She/They 🖤Leftist cat lady.🖤 Spooky year 'round. 🐈⬛️🎃🏳️🌈🔮👻
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Let’s make 2025 the year we officially embrace the pigeon, writes @jackiefmogensen.bsky.social.
"Pigeons might have been the first birds we domesticated, dating back to ancient Mesopotamia. For a bird that’s stuck with us that long, it’s the least we could do."
"Pigeons might have been the first birds we domesticated, dating back to ancient Mesopotamia. For a bird that’s stuck with us that long, it’s the least we could do."
Hero of 2025: plucky pigeons
It's about time someone showed them a little appreciation.
www.motherjones.com
December 18, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Let’s make 2025 the year we officially embrace the pigeon, writes @jackiefmogensen.bsky.social.
"Pigeons might have been the first birds we domesticated, dating back to ancient Mesopotamia. For a bird that’s stuck with us that long, it’s the least we could do."
"Pigeons might have been the first birds we domesticated, dating back to ancient Mesopotamia. For a bird that’s stuck with us that long, it’s the least we could do."
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Hundreds of underage girls married off and hundreds more children kidnapped as U.S. foreign aid cuts contribute to surge in violations against persecuted Rohingya children.
Trafficked, exploited, married off: Rohingya children’s lives crushed by foreign aid cuts
Severe foreign aid cuts imposed this year by U.S. President Donald Trump, along with funding reductions from other countries, shuttered thousands of schools and youth training centers in camps for Rohingya in Bangladesh and crippled child protection programs.
bit.ly
December 17, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Hundreds of underage girls married off and hundreds more children kidnapped as U.S. foreign aid cuts contribute to surge in violations against persecuted Rohingya children.
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NEW: A hacker gained control of 1,100 mobile phones powering covert, AI-generated ads on TikTok. Then, he shared details of the operation with 404 Media.
A look inside how startup Doublespeed, which is backed by Andreessen Horowitz (a16z), is creating AI spam pages on TikTok to promote products.
A look inside how startup Doublespeed, which is backed by Andreessen Horowitz (a16z), is creating AI spam pages on TikTok to promote products.
Hack Reveals the a16z-Backed Phone Farm Flooding TikTok With AI Influencers
A hacker gained control of a 1,100 mobile phone farm powering covert, AI-generated ads on TikTok.
www.404media.co
December 17, 2025 at 2:22 PM
NEW: A hacker gained control of 1,100 mobile phones powering covert, AI-generated ads on TikTok. Then, he shared details of the operation with 404 Media.
A look inside how startup Doublespeed, which is backed by Andreessen Horowitz (a16z), is creating AI spam pages on TikTok to promote products.
A look inside how startup Doublespeed, which is backed by Andreessen Horowitz (a16z), is creating AI spam pages on TikTok to promote products.
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Jordan’s FM Ayman Safadi & Turkish FM Hakan Fidan warned that Israeli actions in the occupied West Bank risk triggering a wider escalation & undermining prospects for a just peace. In a phone call, the two stressed the need for Israel to fully comply w/ the Gaza ceasefire agreement, begin...
December 16, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Jordan’s FM Ayman Safadi & Turkish FM Hakan Fidan warned that Israeli actions in the occupied West Bank risk triggering a wider escalation & undermining prospects for a just peace. In a phone call, the two stressed the need for Israel to fully comply w/ the Gaza ceasefire agreement, begin...
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Maybe the reason we feel differently about these murders is because they’re a reminder of the noose around each of our necks. michaelianblack.substack.com/p/instead-he...
December 15, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Maybe the reason we feel differently about these murders is because they’re a reminder of the noose around each of our necks. michaelianblack.substack.com/p/instead-he...
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In American high schools, many teenagers are assigned few full books to read from beginning to end — often just one or two per year, according to researchers and thousands of responses to an informal reader survey by The New York Times. trib.al/gNp7kWK
December 12, 2025 at 10:28 PM
In American high schools, many teenagers are assigned few full books to read from beginning to end — often just one or two per year, according to researchers and thousands of responses to an informal reader survey by The New York Times. trib.al/gNp7kWK
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🚨 URGENT!!!!!! Congress is trying to ram through 18 massive censorship/surveillance laws TODAY 🚨
CALL THESE REPS NOW and tell them
—NO to KOSA
—NO to Section 230 reform
—NO to age verification laws
—NO to the SCREEN Act
—NO to digital ID laws (App Store Accountability Act)
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CALL THESE REPS NOW and tell them
—NO to KOSA
—NO to Section 230 reform
—NO to age verification laws
—NO to the SCREEN Act
—NO to digital ID laws (App Store Accountability Act)
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December 11, 2025 at 2:36 PM
🚨 URGENT!!!!!! Congress is trying to ram through 18 massive censorship/surveillance laws TODAY 🚨
CALL THESE REPS NOW and tell them
—NO to KOSA
—NO to Section 230 reform
—NO to age verification laws
—NO to the SCREEN Act
—NO to digital ID laws (App Store Accountability Act)
badinternetbills.com
CALL THESE REPS NOW and tell them
—NO to KOSA
—NO to Section 230 reform
—NO to age verification laws
—NO to the SCREEN Act
—NO to digital ID laws (App Store Accountability Act)
badinternetbills.com
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KOSA is back along with 17 other dangerous censorship and surveillance laws that congress is trying to ram through.
CALL UR REPRESENTATIVE TODAY AND TELL THEM
—no KOSA
—do not repeal Section 230
—no online digital ID laws
—no age verification laws
CALL NOW!!!! We are about to lose the internet
CALL UR REPRESENTATIVE TODAY AND TELL THEM
—no KOSA
—do not repeal Section 230
—no online digital ID laws
—no age verification laws
CALL NOW!!!! We are about to lose the internet
December 10, 2025 at 7:02 PM
KOSA is back along with 17 other dangerous censorship and surveillance laws that congress is trying to ram through.
CALL UR REPRESENTATIVE TODAY AND TELL THEM
—no KOSA
—do not repeal Section 230
—no online digital ID laws
—no age verification laws
CALL NOW!!!! We are about to lose the internet
CALL UR REPRESENTATIVE TODAY AND TELL THEM
—no KOSA
—do not repeal Section 230
—no online digital ID laws
—no age verification laws
CALL NOW!!!! We are about to lose the internet
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This is how it will be for EVERYONE if KOSA passes
Y'all, I was in Mississippi today for my nephews J-State graduation and got this when I opened Blue Sky
December 10, 2025 at 10:03 AM
This is how it will be for EVERYONE if KOSA passes
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Courts are using originalist arguments to expand executive power in democracy-eroding ways. Our latest guide for litigators equips lawyers with the strategies, arguments, and citations they need to push back. bit.ly/48MyFJV
Countering Originalism
This guide offers lawyers strategies, arguments, and citations to address originalist claims they encounter in litigation.
www.brennancenter.org
December 12, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Courts are using originalist arguments to expand executive power in democracy-eroding ways. Our latest guide for litigators equips lawyers with the strategies, arguments, and citations they need to push back. bit.ly/48MyFJV
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Eight people detained for allegedly protesting in support of Palestine are currently undertaking the largest hunger strike in UK prisons in over 40 years. The strikers need international solidarity to show the world they are not alone.
December 11, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Eight people detained for allegedly protesting in support of Palestine are currently undertaking the largest hunger strike in UK prisons in over 40 years. The strikers need international solidarity to show the world they are not alone.
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MINNEAPOLIS: “All I did was step outside as a Somali American citizen, and I got chased by a masked person, assaulted, kidnapped. It was inhumane. If this is what’s happening to a 🇺🇸 citizen on camera, imagine what could happen to your loved ones.”
December 11, 2025 at 4:00 AM
MINNEAPOLIS: “All I did was step outside as a Somali American citizen, and I got chased by a masked person, assaulted, kidnapped. It was inhumane. If this is what’s happening to a 🇺🇸 citizen on camera, imagine what could happen to your loved ones.”
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Cynthia is facing a heartbreaking journey with no one by her side.After 36 years of helping others,she now needs our support.Every donation can make a difference. Please Share her story Thank you!
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Donate to Aid Cynthia's Final Journey, organized by Cynthia Malone
For those who do not know me my name is Cynthia Malone. nicknamed Sandy.
Cy… Cynthia Malone needs your support for Donate to Aid Cynthia's Final Journey
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December 9, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Cynthia is facing a heartbreaking journey with no one by her side.After 36 years of helping others,she now needs our support.Every donation can make a difference. Please Share her story Thank you!
Fundraiser by Cynthia Malone : Donate to in Cynthia's Final in share.google/qp5MaOE5OKkO...
Fundraiser by Cynthia Malone : Donate to in Cynthia's Final in share.google/qp5MaOE5OKkO...
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AP: “Hundreds of immigrant children lingered in federal detention beyond a court-mandated limit, some more than five months… Attorneys highlighted the government’s own admissions to longer custody times, contaminated food, lack of medical care…” apnews.com/article/immi...
December 10, 2025 at 5:42 AM
AP: “Hundreds of immigrant children lingered in federal detention beyond a court-mandated limit, some more than five months… Attorneys highlighted the government’s own admissions to longer custody times, contaminated food, lack of medical care…” apnews.com/article/immi...
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The problem with Palantir's new neurodivergent fellowship
The problem with Palantir's new neurodivergent fellowship
Critics have accused the company of being technofascist.
www.motherjones.com
December 9, 2025 at 2:30 PM
The problem with Palantir's new neurodivergent fellowship
Come get your grandpa.
December 8, 2025 at 10:23 PM
Come get your grandpa.
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They’re not hiding the brutality anymore.
They want you to see it.
They want you to get used to it.👇
www.jackhopkinsnow.com
They want you to see it.
They want you to get used to it.👇
www.jackhopkinsnow.com
December 8, 2025 at 1:37 AM
They’re not hiding the brutality anymore.
They want you to see it.
They want you to get used to it.👇
www.jackhopkinsnow.com
They want you to see it.
They want you to get used to it.👇
www.jackhopkinsnow.com
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"Justo" is hard at work harvesting pomegranates in the Fresno CA area. "We earn CA minimum wage for our work which is difficult as pomegranates are very heavy. When we are releasing themvinto the bin we need to do so very slowly so we don't damage the fruit. #WeFeedYou
December 8, 2025 at 3:00 PM
"Justo" is hard at work harvesting pomegranates in the Fresno CA area. "We earn CA minimum wage for our work which is difficult as pomegranates are very heavy. When we are releasing themvinto the bin we need to do so very slowly so we don't damage the fruit. #WeFeedYou
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A horrifying CNN investigation reveals how Israel buried hundreds of starving Palestinians some of them alive using bulldozers and unmarked graves.
Missing in Gaza: CNN investigation points to the Israeli military bulldozing the dead bodies of Palestinians seeking aid | CNN
A CNN investigation into Palestinians who went missing near the Zikim crossing in Gaza this year points to aid seekers being killed and, in some cases, bulldozed into unmarked graves by Israeli forces...
edition.cnn.com
December 5, 2025 at 10:00 PM
A horrifying CNN investigation reveals how Israel buried hundreds of starving Palestinians some of them alive using bulldozers and unmarked graves.
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December 5, 2025 at 9:13 PM
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My constituent, Wilmer, was mauled by an ICE attack dog despite the fact that, as he has consistently explained, he was not resisting arrest or trying to flee—his wife and young children, all U.S. citizens, were forced to watch helplessly as Wilmer was violently attacked and dragged away.
December 6, 2025 at 2:41 AM
My constituent, Wilmer, was mauled by an ICE attack dog despite the fact that, as he has consistently explained, he was not resisting arrest or trying to flee—his wife and young children, all U.S. citizens, were forced to watch helplessly as Wilmer was violently attacked and dragged away.
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According to a new study, members of Congressional leadership perform 47% better in stock market trades than their rank-and-file peers, thanks to access to nonpublic information.
Today would be a great day to ban ALL elected officials from trading stock, don't you think?
Today would be a great day to ban ALL elected officials from trading stock, don't you think?
December 5, 2025 at 8:45 PM
According to a new study, members of Congressional leadership perform 47% better in stock market trades than their rank-and-file peers, thanks to access to nonpublic information.
Today would be a great day to ban ALL elected officials from trading stock, don't you think?
Today would be a great day to ban ALL elected officials from trading stock, don't you think?
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BREAKING: The New York Times is suing the Department of Defense over the Pentagon’s new restrictions on press access. The Times is seeking a declaration that the new policy is unconstitutional on its face and an injunction barring its enforcement.
December 4, 2025 at 11:27 AM
BREAKING: The New York Times is suing the Department of Defense over the Pentagon’s new restrictions on press access. The Times is seeking a declaration that the new policy is unconstitutional on its face and an injunction barring its enforcement.
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Trump’s USDA is threatening to withhold food stamp funding for 20 Democrat-controlled states if they don’t share recipients’ sensitive personal data.
Yes: Trump is weaponizing hunger against millions of Americans, including children, to score cheap political points.
The cruelty is endless.
Yes: Trump is weaponizing hunger against millions of Americans, including children, to score cheap political points.
The cruelty is endless.
December 3, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Trump’s USDA is threatening to withhold food stamp funding for 20 Democrat-controlled states if they don’t share recipients’ sensitive personal data.
Yes: Trump is weaponizing hunger against millions of Americans, including children, to score cheap political points.
The cruelty is endless.
Yes: Trump is weaponizing hunger against millions of Americans, including children, to score cheap political points.
The cruelty is endless.
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This isn’t the first — or even the second — time DHS has been caught trying to detain an Indigenous person. And still, they claim they don’t have a racial‑profiling problem.
December 3, 2025 at 11:00 PM
This isn’t the first — or even the second — time DHS has been caught trying to detain an Indigenous person. And still, they claim they don’t have a racial‑profiling problem.