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Sarah Lazare @sarahlazare.bsky.social · 6h

An extremely rough day for Edgewater in Chicago. ICE activity near schools. People kidnapped while working in yards, standing on hiring corners. So many rapid responders biking, walking, driving, whistles around necks, trying to protect their neighbors, but up against such well-funded forces.

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Ruckawriter @gregrucka.com · 5h

I know this is minor in the scheme of things but these “ai from google” ads during MLB annoy the FUCK out of me.

It’s called MATH, assholes. Not “ai”. MATH.

The thing you’re eagerly trying to get people to forget how to do.

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Sam @samd.bsky.social · 9h

not only that, but when Dems do get organized and pay creators who are pushing aligned content, all of a sudden it becomes an attack line against them. meanwhile Russia literally pays conservative commentators and they are cool with it

Matthew Sheffield @matthew.flux.community · 14h

Charlie Kirk was a terrible person, but his prowess at organizing was astonishing.

Democrats, progressive and moderate, are using tactics from the 1970s.

Republicans spend hundreds of millions on networking, jobs, and outreach every year. Democrats waste their money on obsolete stuff.

flux.community @flux.community · 14h

Charlie Kirk was a religious extremist and an advocate for mass censorship of academics he hated.

But as a political organizer and creator of opportunities for his comrades, there's much that can be learned from what he did. @matthewboedy.bsky.social discusses on the latest Theory of Change

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Gordon McAlpin @gmcalpin.bsky.social · 10h

oh wow, the early reports are that the new Tron movie isn’t doing very well at the box office. this is wild, because the last Tron movie didn’t do very well at the box office, and also the very first Tron movie didn’t do very well at the box office and also neither of those first two were very good.

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Dr. Damien P. Williams Wants A Better Sociotechnical Paradigm @wolvendamien.bsky.social · 1d

*Lil Jon Voice* States' Rights to What

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Joel S. @joelhs.bsky.social · 11h

The concept of "virtue signaling" is fundamentally culturally Protestant, premised as it is upon a distinction between some fundamentally stable notion of internal character attributable to a person which can be split from the actions that person commits within the world.

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Yonatan @yonatans.bsky.social · 14h

There are many cool things about Peacemaker season 2, but one of the big ones is that we are getting two music videos out of the finale.
First one is for Nelson, second will be for the opening title song.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ORFA...

Nelson - To Get Back to You (Official Music Video) 🎶 | Peacemaker S2 | DC

YouTube video by DC

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Philip Purser-Hallard @purserhallard.com · 14h

In 1981, Davison was a mixed-race actor who had the necessary looks to pass as white. His heritage was never a notable factor in his casting as the Doctor, as it undoubtedly would have been if he'd inherited a darker skin.

Peter Davison being interviewed on the BBC magazine programme Pebble Mill at One in 1980.

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Joel S. @joelhs.bsky.social · 15h

"Anti-Zionism" can mean everything from "Every Jew goes to Poland" to "what we used to call Martin Buber's binationalist Zionism" to "Haredi belief in waiting for Moshiach." So when people ask me if anti-Zionism is antisemitism, my response is always, "Define your terms."

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Yonah Freemark @yonahfreemark.com · 16h

California's governor has signed SB 79, a large-scale upzoning of land near transit throughout the state's largest counties.

Joe Cohen @cohenhouse.bsky.social · 16h

WE DID IT!!!

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Jessica Price @delafina777.bsky.social · 16h

I love watching doctors learn about endometriosis for the first time:

www.tiktok.com/t/ZTMAtUJKx/

TikTok video by GamingDoctor

www.tiktok.com

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Drow Paweł Włodkowic 🇺🇦🇱🇹🇵🇸🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @dov.bsky.social · 16h

This is completely real btw. He would meet the 1980 Palestinian National Charter definition of a Palestinian.

Drow Paweł Włodkowic 🇺🇦🇱🇹🇵🇸🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @dov.bsky.social · 16h

It is sort of darkly comical (derogatory) that Smotrich is both a settler and, by the definition of expulsionists, a Palestinian.

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BeijingPalmer @beijingpalmer.bsky.social · 16h

it was obvious from the moment the attack happened that this was not only a tragedy for Israel but was going to become a tragedy for Palestine, and I still remember who was cheering it on.

Michael E. Carter @deckofcarterhist.bsky.social · 16h

If you were online on October 7, 2023, this is no surprise.

Overshadowed by the fact that Israel retaliated with a genocidal war is the reality that amid the attack seemingly professional/moral people spent days praising every report they found of Israelis, including children, being murdered.

Joel S. @joelhs.bsky.social · 1d

This is a person who is still taken seriously and published in left-wing spaces.

To be clear: No, most Israeli Jews are not descended from Polish Jews. And even for the minority who are, it would obviously not be safe for them all to go there now, given the Polish government.

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Gershon Baskin גרשון בסקין غرشون بسكين @gershonbaskin.bsky.social · 18h

www.youtube.com/watch?v=M2Cz...

Israeli negotiator details backchannel efforts to reach ceasefire | The World | ABC NEWS

YouTube video by ABC News (Australia)

www.youtube.com

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Yonatan @yonatans.bsky.social · 18h

Why won't they let a puppy shake the lulav?
חג סוכות שמח

A lulav and an etrog with a mug from the Rav Nutz and a Dalmatian who wants to participate.

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Yonah Freemark @yonahfreemark.com · 20h

Caltrain’s new electric trains are designed to recuperate energy when breaking. The agency made a deal to sell that energy back to the local power supplier, which will net the agency millions of dollars in annual revenues.

Caltrain electrified trains return power to grid, offsetting energy costs

For decades, Caltrain has been known for what it takes off the roads. Now, it's being rewarded for what it puts back into the power grid.

www.cbsnews.com

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The Associated Press @apnews.com · 19h

Israeli military says its forces have withdrawn to agreed deployment lines for first stage of Gaza ceasefire.

Israeli military says ceasefire takes effect in Gaza, raising hopes for ending the war

The Israeli military says a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas has come into effect in Gaza. The announcement came Friday, hours after Israel’s Cabinet approved a deal to pause the fighting and exchange the remaining hostages for Palestinian prisoners.

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Yair Wallach @yairwallach.bsky.social · 21h

Excluding Marwan Barghouti from the list of prisoners for release means none of the parties are serious about the second stage of the agreement (replacing Hamas with an alternative administration) let along any "peace" prospects

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Yonatan @yonatans.bsky.social · 20h

Happy 12th anniversary to the return of Enemy of the World and The Web of Fear.
And happy 12th anniversary to everyone discovering that received fan wisdom is wrong and that Enemy is a great story.
#DoctorWho

a black and white photo of a man wearing a vest and a scarf .

ALT: a black and white photo of a man wearing a vest and a scarf .

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פינחס יוסף מונד @pymundgenealogy.com · 1d

You know what happens if you come at a giant frog

The Oregonian @oregonian.com · 1d

Things are happening at Portland's ICE facility tonight.

Read more of our protest coverage here: www.oregonlive.com/crime/2025/1...

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Gershon Baskin גרשון בסקין غرشون بسكين @gershonbaskin.bsky.social · 1d

gershonbaskin.substack.com/p/lets-talk-...

Let’s talk about Marwan Barghouthi
For the sake of Israeli-Palestinian peace – Free Marwan

Read from the link above

Let’s talk about Marwan Barghouthi

For the sake of Israeli-Palestinian peace – Free Marwan

gershonbaskin.substack.com

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פינחס יוסף מונד @pymundgenealogy.com · Jan 16

1) People with too much information or too specific/contrarian views on other people's national/ethnic identity.

An American of Scots-Irish descent shouldn't be dropping “Lenin invented Ukrainians”, an Anglo Bengali shouldn't opine in whether Ashkenazi Jews are more Italian than Levantine,

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