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The Egalitarian Who Refuses to Give Up

@theegalitarian.bsky.social

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NotASheep, NotARobot, NotAVictim & NotYourMom. Retired Emory Medical Research. Up for good trouble. Disabled. Zebra. Oh so white. Better with animals. Not dead, yet. She/her

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The Egalitarian Who Refuses to Give Up @theegalitarian.bsky.social · Jul 21

and the funny thing about this is that the people who are wealthy and against immigrants believe wholly that the poor white trash, who also hate immigrants, will come and do their work when all the immigrants are gone. they do not know their base

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Robert Black @hurricanexyz.bsky.social · 3d

LLMs do not, in fact, pass the Turing test

Cyborg Tibe @cybrogtribe.bsky.social · 3d

No one knows how the mind works, and this guy is no exception.

Obviously LLMs are (at least) the closest thing we have created to human intelligence. It passes the Turing test so to start talking about what it doesn’t do you’ll need better tests.

T. Greg Doucette @gregdoucette.bsky.social · 3d

This crosses my mind every time I see a breathless article about LLMs "developing survival instincts" or "resisting being shut off" or "blackmailing their operator"

That's not how this works. It's not how any of it works.

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Rachel Maddow @maddow.msnbc.com · 3d

Pepper ball rounds Trump immigration agents are firing at protesters:

www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/v...

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David Ryan Miller @davidryanmiller.com · 1d

NARRATOR: The Insurrection Act does not allow the president to do "whatever I want" and would not preclude the judiciary from "get[ting] involved."

The Insurrection Act allows the president to used the military to enforce civilian law or suppress rebellion. It is not a declaration of martial law.

The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 1d

Trump on sending troops into American cities: “If I want to enact a certain act, I’m allowed to do it…And I’d be allowed to do whatever I want…And the courts wouldn’t get involved. Nobody would get involved. And I can send the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marines.”

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Anonymous ⩜ @youranona.bsky.social · 1d

Day 28 of this absurd federal shutdown, and the Senate's still bickering like spoiled brats while air traffic controllers pocket zero and food stamps dry up. Politicians fiddling as lives burn. #GovernmentShutdown

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Lloyd @leonardlloyd.bsky.social · 1d

Brazil greenlights oil drilling in Amazon as environmentalists raise alarm
Conservationists argue president’s oil expansion plans clash with his image as a global leader on climate change www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...

Brazil greenlights oil drilling in Amazon as environmentalists raise alarm

Conservationists argue president’s oil expansion plans clash with his image as a global leader on climate change

www.theguardian.com

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John Pfaff @johnpfaff.bsky.social · 1d

My god, this picture of Gregory Bovino, the CBP leader who now has to check in w a fed judge in Chicago each day to confirm he has not tear gassed any more children?

Naked Nazi iconography, of the guy who Miller and Lewandowski keep unleashing on our streets.

Bovino,
Wearing what looks like the black leather outfit of many a Nazi in a movie.

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Brendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · 1d

A warning from an anonymous DOD employee about how China could seize on the dangerous precedents Trump is creating www.defensenews.com/opinion/2025...

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Ruwa Romman @ruwaromman.bsky.social · 1d

Starting this week, our volunteers across Georgia are collecting donations for local food banks and mutual aid orgs stepping in to fill the gap.

Check out the drop-off map here: bit.ly/gafoodbankmap
If you want to host a drop-off location and help collect donations, let us know!

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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 1d

BREAKING: A federal judge ruled that Trump-appointed, anti-voting U.S. Attorney Bill Essayli served unlawfully in the nation’s largest federal district — the third Trump-installed prosecutor found to have unlawfully held office in recent months.

Another Trump-Appointed U.S. Attorney Found to be Serving Unlawfully, Federal Judge Rules

Read more here.

www.democracydocket.com

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BeijingPalmer @beijingpalmer.bsky.social · 1d

again a reminder that the NYT leadership supports Cuomo *because* of his record of sexual harassment, not *despite* it. they have a strong interest in making sure that they and their friends can never again suffer the indignity of being held accountable by their inferiors.

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 3d

Did you know that over 1.3M active duty service members and veterans rely on SNAP benefits to feed themselves and their families?

Now you know.

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The Steady State @steadystatevets.bsky.social · 1d

When bullets fly and records vanish, democracy erodes.
#SteadyStateAssessment #CivilRights

apnews.com/article/trum...

Police report omits a federal agent's shooting at a DC driver. The man's lawyers suspect a cover-up

A federal agent fired shots at an unarmed Black man during a recent traffic stop while patrolling the nation’s capital for President Donald Trump’s law-enforcement surge.

apnews.com

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B. @nashbrian.bsky.social · 1d

Shout out to Willie Mae’s Barbecue in Springfield, TN for offering free meals to SNAP recipients, no questions asked.

The owner expressed the concept of “doing what’s right.” He has more of a moral compass than our governor who won’t tap into $2 BILLION of the people’s money to help people in need.

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 1d

This is disgusting. Blatant corruption at the highest level in plain sight and Oversight Chair Comer Pyle morphs into a combination of Mr. Magoo and Sgt. Schultz.

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Mike_WA @theothermike.bsky.social · 2d

The international respect is almost unbearable.

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RainSurname @rainsurname.bsky.social · 1d

Joe Biden told rich donors to their faces that they had so much money that nothing would fundamentally change about their lifestyles if they paid their fair share, & that he didn't want to demonize them, but this level of inequality was dangerous

That's WHY the billionaire-owned media destroyed him

Fair Share America @fairshareamerica.bsky.social · 2d

"This is a moment that demands a response. If Dems can’t run on a unified platform that centralizes and prioritizes taxing the ultrawealthy in order to dismantle their stranglehold on our govt, then they need to get out of the way for people who will."

Read more: bit.ly/4ohxXLq

#TaxBillionaires

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Union of Concerned Scientists @ucs.org · 2d

Today marks 100 days until the expiration of the New START Treaty--the last remaining agreement that limits U.S. and Russian strategic nuclear forces. Once it expires, we will be left with no legal barrier to a major buildup of the world's two largest nuclear arsenals. (🧵👇)

The Clock Is Ticking on New START Expiration—and a Nuclear Arms Race

Allowing the New START treaty between Russia and the United States to expire in 2026 could lead to an unconstrained race for nuclear weapons around the world.

blog.ucs.org

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Christopher Hale @christopherjhale.bsky.social · 1d

No war is holy. No border wall is Christian. No leader is above God's call to peace.

Pope Leo spent the entire day lambasting our political leaders: “We must ensure that this period of history, marked by war and the arrogance of power, soon comes to an end.

“Enough!”

Pope Leo: “War Is Never Holy” — Leaders Must Tear Down Walls and End Violence

Pope Leo is done watching self-described Christian leaders praise God with one breath and glorify cruelty with the next.

open.substack.com

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Pookleblinky @pookleblinky.bsky.social · May 21

Using chatgpt cooks people's brains in the exact same way being a billionaire does:

Without any kind of pushback and calibration, you *will* spin wildly out into the abyss confidently babbling absolute fucking nonsense.

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#TuckFrump @realtuckfrumper.bsky.social · 1d

LIVE: View from Santiago de Cuba as Hurricane Melissa makes landfall as a Category 3 storm

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LIVE: View from Santiago de Cuba as Hurricane Melissa makes landfall as a Category 3 storm

twp.ai

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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 2d

Recent US Layoff Announcements:

1 UPS: 48,000
2 Amazon: Up to 30,000
3 Intel: 24,000
4 Nestle: 16,000
5 Accenture: 11,000
6 Ford: 11,000
7 Novo Nordisk: 9,000
8 Microsoft: 7,000
9 PwC: 5,600
10 Salesforce: 4,000
11 Paramount: 2,000
12 Target: 1,800
13 Kroger: 1,000
14 Applied Materials: 1,444

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Melanie D’Arrigo @darrigomelanie.bsky.social · 1d

Over 71 million Americans are paid less than a living wage, and are forced into social safety nets like SNAP.

If you think too many people are receiving SNAP benefits, don’t shame them.

Shame their employers paying them poverty wages and forcing taxpayers to subsidize the rest.

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Fifty Shades of Whey @fiftyshadesofwhey.bsky.social · 1d

There has never been a time when SNAP was withheld nationwide, but this shutdown will break the streak. The public has proof of genocide, pedo rings, foreign collusion, gaslighting, surveillance, urban occupation, police brutality, human trafficking, family separation, etc...and now mass starvation.

Fifty Shades of Whey @fiftyshadesofwhey.bsky.social · 1d

Reminder: The only 2 nations that voted AGAINST recognizing food as a human right is the United States and Israel.

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Nature @nature.com · 1d

Ozempic, MRI machines and flat screen televisions all emerged out of fundamental research decades earlier — the very types of study being slashed by the US government

www.nature.com/articles/d41...

7 basic science discoveries that changed the world

Ozempic, MRI machines and flat screen televisions all emerged out of fundamental research decades earlier — the very types of study being slashed by the US government.

www.nature.com

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Dan Rather @thedanrather.bsky.social · 2d

If Trump says he can run for a third term, does that mean Obama can run again too? Just asking.

Seriously?

Talk of another Trump term won’t go away

steady.substack.com

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