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Bill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · 2h

Oh sure why not www.telegraph.co.uk/us/news/2025...

Barron Trump tipped for top TikTok job

US president’s 19-year-old son could be appointed to the app’s board

www.telegraph.co.uk

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NightMar on Hicks Street, Part 4: The Rabbit’s Revenge @histoftech.bsky.social · 17h

JB wants you to believe he’ll stop trmp when he won’t even stop the Illinois state police from attacking residents

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geoffrey, 💀 mode @parsnip.bsky.social · 4h

people love to be taken away from their homes and families to sit around and do nothing in uniform. in my experience

CNN @cnn.com · 4h

Federal appeals court rules National Guard troops in Illinois can remain federalized but can't be deployed as the appeals process continues.
https://cnn.it/3KIZEOl

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Ian Carrillo @iansociologo.bsky.social · 10h

A DHS camera man calmly films this kavanaugh stop.

Eventually the public will see some (though not all) of this recorded footage, and it will reveal human rights violations beyond what we thought we knew.

The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 10h

“YOU hit HER.”

CHICAGO - Trump’s ICE goons ram into a passing car after snatching someone, then brutally drag the female driver of the car they hit out of her car with guns drawn and arrest her too. (Her brother says she’s a citizen)

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Mel Buer @melbuer.bsky.social · 9h

There are a number of accounts on Tiktok and IG that do extremely important work walking viewers through AI-generated slop videos like this and help them think critically about what they are seeing, how to spot it, etc. It’s a new era of critical media literacy instruction and I am happy to see it

Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 21h

That TikTok account has a few fake videos of reporters getting detained. They make these videos because it’s a big story in the news. Real reporters are getting arrested. And so people are making AI videos to get engagement on TikTok.

dontbeonline • 1d ago
Journalist gets detained while doing her job #ForYou, #viral, #foryoupage, #tikto... more
• Contains: Bad Boys (The...

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Joshua Erlich @joshuaerlich.bsky.social · 8h

guards ignore—but are trained—that withdrawal is a life threatening condition, and ignoring someone in withdrawal is both deliberate and indifferent

the fact that they were *wrong* about this person’s emergency doesn’t make their conduct any less deliberate or indifferent

Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 10h

A lawsuit alleges a Black postal worker died after officers ignored clear signs he was suffering from a massive stroke, believing his medical emergency was drugs

The suit says guards left him helpless on a jail cell floor in his own urine for hours

KARE 11 Investigates: Postal worker died after police mistook stroke for drug impairment

Kingsley Bimpong was jailed instead of hospitalized; video shows guards ignored his suffering for hours.

www.kare11.com

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Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 10h

And if you give a mouse a plane….

The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 1d

Amazing what happens when you give the guy a plane

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Liz Neeley @lizneeley.bsky.social · 11h

The specifics of the RIFs I’ve seen in group chats have been staggering. Bracing & reminding myself these are specifically intended to cause fear & distress.

Please share URLs for any good trackers you seen as they emerge. (I want more than OMB’s version) fedscoop.com/trump-federa...

Table of how many federal employees have been laid off in the latest RIF (Reduction in Force). This is from an OMB legal filing from Oct 10. For each agency, it lists number of fired employees, RIF notice date, and whether the administrations has recalled any of those employees to do work. Total headcount is 4,100 across 8 agencies. Treasury (1446) and HHS (1200) are the most affected. EPA (30) had the fewest layoffs this time.

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bats 🦇✨ @itsbabs.bsky.social · 20h

i am begging you to see wearing a mask as the act of daily solidarity with your fellow man that you are looking for. now is the time.

if you don’t know where to start, see some brands i like n wear in the vid, &
if you need free masks (or want to donate some), try:
maskbloc.org
covidactionmap.org

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Craig R. Brittain @craigbrittain.com · 10h

Zohran Mamdani: Sue Donald Trump - for every dollar they spent in California, they recovered over 30,000 in otherwise lost federal funding.

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Victor Ray @victorerikray.bsky.social · 10h

In this area of unsettled politics, I am continually shocked at who I find myself aligned with. But this Cato Institute take down of the authoritarian “compact” is good.

Walter Olson @walterolson.bsky.social · 22h

New from me at Cato: I go through the numerous and massive First Amendment and academic-freedom violations of Trump's proffered "compact" with universities and then talk about the mechanism by which it would be enforced, by way of what I describe as a "retroactive push-button guillotine."

Universities Must Defend Their Independence by Rejecting Trump's "Compact"

The Trump administration has proffered a “compact” to universities that would require them to surrender their independence and academic freedom. How many First Amendment violations can we identify in ...

www.cato.org

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Caitlin Johnstone @caitoz.bsky.social · 11h

"Why aren't the Free Palestine people cheering about the ceasefire?"

If you saw a man beating a child into a coma, would you cheer after the beating stopped? No, your first reaction would be horror at what happened and your second would be fear that he'll attack the kid again.

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🌾Killjoy 🇵🇸 @voidcircus.bsky.social · 10h

Liberalism begets fascism.

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Calvinboo Congress @emericanjezebel.bsky.social · 10h

You bet your ass we are

King Elwood @ekingsbury.bsky.social · 10h

You’re blaming conservative fascism on liberals?

Lmao

Come on dude

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Mike Stabile @mikestabile.bsky.social · 2d

Buried in Michigan's antiporn bill is a provision to effectively outlaw "circumvention tools," such as VPNs.

Mark my words: legislators will increasingly leverage porn panic to restrict or ban VPNs, and to limit internet privacy far beyond adult sites.

Experts raise privacy concerns over Michigan bill targeting pornography and VPNs

Rep. Josh Schriver, the bill’s sponsor, says the law is designed to target only producers and distributors of pornography, not everyday internet users.

www.wilx.com

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Jack Tripper @chadstanton.blacksky.app · 10h

They’re actively working to resegregate schools and our “allies” refuse to name racism while they’re doing so…

Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 10h

www.dailytarheel.com/article/e9c7...

UNC ends Black Student Movement's 52-year 'co-ownership' of Upendo Lounge

BSM President Adam Sherif said administrators cited new federal guidelines that instruct all federally funded entities to ensure they are not engaging in "discriminatory practices, including those lab...

www.dailytarheel.com

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s.d. hernández adkins, phd @hernandezadkins.bsky.social · 10h

UNC has been the place to watch for years. Look what these fuckers have done.

Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 10h

www.dailytarheel.com/article/e9c7...

UNC ends Black Student Movement's 52-year 'co-ownership' of Upendo Lounge

BSM President Adam Sherif said administrators cited new federal guidelines that instruct all federally funded entities to ensure they are not engaging in "discriminatory practices, including those lab...

www.dailytarheel.com

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onion person @junlper.beer · 21h

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Imani Gandy Corn 🎃 @angryblacklady.blacksky.app · 11h

Trump should just put a 100% tariff on the AI bubble. Tariffs fix everything

NightMar on Hicks Street, Part 4: The Rabbit’s Revenge @histoftech.bsky.social · 1d

“Concerns over an AI bubble bursting have grown lately, with analysts recently finding that it’s 17 times the size of the dotcom-era bubble and four times bigger than the 2008 financial crisis.”

Hang onto your butts. This “correction” is gonna hurt.
futurism.com/artificial-i...

Bank of England Warns of Impending AI Disaster

The Bank of England has sounded the alarm, warning of an intensifying risk of a "sudden correction" due to an AI spending frenzy.

futurism.com

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Dorothy Parker Fucks @dorothyparkerfucks.bsky.social · 12h

Tweet from @dril: turning a big dial taht says "Racism" on it and constantly looking back at the audience for approval like a contestant on the price is right

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 12h

UNTIL IT’S DONE, Ep. 4: Sylvia Rivera

In the 1970s, queer New Yorkers had been pushed to the margins of NYC. Our trans neighbors faced immense cruelty. But in Sylvia Rivera, they found a champion.

As we combat Trump’s politics of darkness, her legacy can light the path forward.

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👻 ZH0000GE LIANG 臥龍 / 伏龍 👻 @shuchancellor.online · 11h

Ludditerian jihad

Dave Infante @dinfontay.com · 11h

“I’ve spoken with over two-dozen rather senior people in the datacenter universe, and there was an interesting and overriding theme to our conversations; no one understands how the financial math is supposed to work. They are as baffled as I am, and they do this for a living.”

AI Data Centers Are an Even Bigger Disaster Than Previously Thought

An investment manager realized he made a crucial mistake — and that his grim prediction about AI investments may not have been cynical enough.

futurism.com

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🇪🇨 Olga the Ghoulette 🇱🇧 @popeolga.meangirls.online · 11h

Converts

They're adult converts I guarantee it

Josh Chafetz @joshchafetz.bsky.social · 1d

So ... Catholic *traditionalists* want a pope who doesn't involve himself in global politics?

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Ahhhhh @nerdjpg.com · 1d

Her favorite thing about Trump is that he’s blowing people up. She’s praised it multiple times.

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The Green Party of England & Wales @greenparty.org.uk · 1d

“Britain is a nation of neighbours, not strangers — and it’s time we built a politics of hope that reflects that.”

Zack Polanski with a message of unity and hope having been out door knocking Handsworth today.

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