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Tim Barker @timbarker.bsky.social · Jul 16

this is a bad thing to do to someone, especially when you insist on anonymity for yourself! bsky.app/profile/did:...

Molly Shah @mommunism.bsky.social · Jul 9

Sahar’s account was suspended again despite her story being verified in Gizmodo (here is her link www.gofundme.com/f/donate-to-...)

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Hello Molly good afternoon
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My account was supnspend
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Even though I was verified Regarding the sandal issue
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I'm so sorry friend
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Tim Barker @timbarker.bsky.social · Jul 13

Andy Schou, he works at google

Travis Brown @travisbrown.dev · Jul 7

If you baselessly accuse someone of fraud under a pseudonym and then keep doubling down while also saying shit like “i don’t want a claim i can’t prove connected to my name” to journalists, guess what, people are going to be motivated to find your name.

The Rise of AI Is Making Life Even Harder for Real People in Gaza

Gizmodo spoke with desperate Palestinians who were accused of being AI creations.

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Tim Barker @timbarker.bsky.social · Jul 16

Wait he obviously did something specifically wrong. That's what the Gizmodo article is about.

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Tim Barker @timbarker.bsky.social · Jul 16

Do you think Zohran Mamdani is a celebrity?

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Matthew Yglesias @mattyglesias.bsky.social · Apr 13

I sincerely cannot think of a less provocative, less trolly thinker than Yglesias whose whole thing is mostly just to insist that obviously true things are in fact true.

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Molly Shah @mommunism.bsky.social · Jul 9

Sahar’s account was suspended again despite her story being verified in Gizmodo (here is her link www.gofundme.com/f/donate-to-...)

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Tim Barker @timbarker.bsky.social · Jul 13

Andy Schou, he works at google

Travis Brown @travisbrown.dev · Jul 7

If you baselessly accuse someone of fraud under a pseudonym and then keep doubling down while also saying shit like “i don’t want a claim i can’t prove connected to my name” to journalists, guess what, people are going to be motivated to find your name.

The Rise of AI Is Making Life Even Harder for Real People in Gaza

Gizmodo spoke with desperate Palestinians who were accused of being AI creations.

gizmodo.com

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Tim Barker @timbarker.bsky.social · Jul 8

can you share a source for the KPD actually saying "nach Hitler, uns?" or "Nach Hitler kommen wir"? I don't dispute that the slogan captures something about their attitude, but I've had trouble sourcing the quote. Ironically, the one example I have found is from an SPD figure.

Tim Barker @timbarker.bsky.social · Apr 15

Planned obsolescence feels related but different. IIRC the magazine Consumer Reports emerges out of the post-Popular Front world. Would be interesting to look also at Vance Packard's The Waste Makers –

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Tim Barker @timbarker.bsky.social · Apr 15

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Tim Barker @timbarker.bsky.social · Apr 15

So why do you lie about other people?

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Matthew Yglesias @mattyglesias.bsky.social · Apr 15

Why are you lying about this? There is no burner account.

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rev. howard arson @theophite.bsky.social · Mar 22

one of my basic principles (which made Noah Smith really angry at me) is that I don't keep the confidence of racists

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Leonid Baezhnev @rev-avocado.bsky.social · Mar 22

One of the two times I've interacted with David Shor in person, he started saying viciously anti-Arab stuff entirely unprompted.

rev. howard arson @theophite.bsky.social · Mar 22

anyway, if you were wondering why David Shor keeps arguing that Republicans will never pay an electoral penalty for racism under any circumstances, this is why

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rev. howard arson @theophite.bsky.social · Mar 23

yeah, Yglesias regularly takes money to shill for the crypto industry alongside fascists

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Tim Barker @timbarker.bsky.social · Jan 17

The AHA Council vetoed the Scholasticide Resolution. Time to cancel your membership. www.historians.org/news/busines...

Business Meeting Resolution Update - AHA

Update as of January 17, 2025: The AHA Council deplores any intentional destruction of Palestinian educational institutions, libraries, universities, and archives in Gaza. The Council considers the “R...

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