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Keith W. Dickinson @keithwdickinson.bsky.social · 1d

Today is a day when arts degrees are worthless, but the product of those degrees is so valuable it would kill an entire industry if they were made to pay for it.

The Verge @theverge.com · May 26

Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry

Paul McCartne, Elton John and others signed an open letter.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

"This is supposed to be an oversight hearing" -- Schiff helpfully ticks through all of the incriminating questions -- and there are many of them -- that Bondi refused to answer during today's hearing

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Jack Jenkins @jackjenkins.me · 1d

Gonna be thinking about this lede for a minute.

(RNS) — Last month, the Rev. David Black stood in front of a Chicago-area U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility and spread his arms wide. Adorned in all black and wearing a clerical collar, the pastor looked up at a group of masked, heavily armed ICE agents on the roof and began to pray.

“I invited them to repentance,” Black, a minister in the Presbyterian Church (USA), said in an interview. “I basically offered an altar call. I invited them to come and receive that salvation, and be part of the kingdom that is coming.”

But when Black began to lower his arms a few seconds later, the agents responded to his spiritual plea by firing pepper balls, or chemical agents that cause eye irritation and respiratory distress, video footage shows. One struck Black in the head, exploding into a puff of white pepper smoke and forcing him to his knees. Fellow demonstrators rushed to his aid, and as the pastor rubbed his face in pain, the agents continued to fire.

“We could hear them laughing,” Black said.

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Ghost In Jelly Shoes @motherboy.bsky.social · 1d

He vetoed the bill that would have prevented some tribal youth being swallowed up by the state foster system as well today.

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Emma Evans @trance.bsky.social · 1d

And later we'll have to listen to some dumbass liberal slobbing his knob about how he's our hope against Trump and why do we hate freedom when we tell you

I will never vote for him.

LGBTQ Nation @lgbtqnation.com · 1d

Gavin Newsom vetoes gender education bill, declines to sign other trans protections - buff.ly/MTUAV85

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Draven Umbra @dravenumbra.bsky.social · 1d

Sad reality is most Americans will do fuck all until its their turn to not get a trial

Anonymous @youranonjd.bsky.social · 1d

Here’s both the legal and ethical reality: If the state can skip due process for some people, it can skip it for anyone. Either there’s a rule that decides who gets left out (which means due process still exists), or there isn’t one (which means no one’s protected). There’s no middle ground.

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Doug Mack @douglasmack.bsky.social · 1d

the most delightful version of logging on to see what news you've missed

Dr Ramsdell, whose phone had been on airplane mode when the Nobel committee tried to call him, told the BBC's Newshour Programme that his first response when his wife said, "You've won the Nobel prize" was: "I did not."

To which Ms O'Neill replied that she had 200 text messages that suggested he had.

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Laurel Krahn @windowseat.bsky.social · 1d

We're in hell.

Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 2d

Someone should start asking why we’re hearing and seeing Stephen Miller so much all of a sudden.

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Phoenix Calida @phoenixcalida.bsky.social · 1d

"The CNN anchor did not explain how he verified that it was the president — not any of his aides — who authored the written responses to his questions."

How the fuck does Jake tapper still have a job??

Kevin Elliott @kjephd.bsky.social · 2d

Jake Tapper did a whole interview with Trump by text message? Which means he can't actually confirm it was him. And now everyone's asking even more than before very reasonable questions about the wannabe dictator's health.

www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...

The CNN anchor did not explain how he verified that it was the president — not any of his aides — who authored the written responses to his questions.

He also did not explain whether he’d made any effort to speak with the president by phone, something that has become commonplace for reporters covering the second Trump administration because Trump has maintained use of his personal mobile phone since returning to the presidency and frequently uses it to contact reporters directly.

The president’s purported text message exchange with Tapper was also unusual because Trump is not known to be a frequent user of his phone’s text message capacity.

He also famously eschews email and other written forms of communication and during his first term he openly complained when attorneys working for his administration took notes during meetings.

Trump’s unconventional use of text-based communications to purportedly respond to Tapper comes as questions continue to swirl about the state of his health

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Kelly Barnhill @kellybarnhill.bsky.social · 1d

Between 44-63% of kids who undergo conversion therapy make a suicide attempt. Please take a moment to read this post from a mother who lost her son this way. m.facebook.com/story.php?st...

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Jay Perk @johnathanperk.bsky.social · 1d

This is what White America chose for all of us..

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Trump: "We call them the water drugs. The drugs that come in through water. They're not coming. There are no boats anymore. Frankly, there are no fishing boats. There are no boats out there period, if you want to know the truth. Does anybody go fishing anymore?"

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aBOOleyn @aboleyn.bsky.social · 1d

My poor son has an unfortunate flight schedule for Newark this Sunday. But he’s union so he will understand. Unfortunately it might miss out on his once a year family football game.

Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 2d

The FAA is delaying flights at Newark and Denver airports because they haven’t got enough air traffic control. Burbank has zero ATC from 4.30-10pm.

Lots of controllers who aren’t being paid during the government shutdown are calling in sick.

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Rhianna Pratchett @rhi.bsky.social · 2d

In Discworld, cities thrive because they welcome dwarfs, trolls, vampires, and humans alike. Ankh-Morpork works because everyone belongs. Funny how fiction can seem more humane than policy sometimes.

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flipinidaho @flipinidaho.bsky.social · 1d

southsideweekly.com/federal-agen...

The building is in a 27 million dollar foreclosure filed by Wells Fargo. The next day, Wells Fargo filed an emergency motion for receivership. The fascist regime kindly emptied the building for donor Wells Fargo.

Federal Agents Storm South Shore Building, Detaining Families and Children

Families were woken by flashbangs and helicopters as hundreds of federal agents raided their homes. Days later, neighbors are still searching for the missing.

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Joe Cooper 🇺🇦 @swelljoe.bsky.social · 2d

The people who have the resources to sue them are also extremely horny about the idea of replacing humans who ask for things like wages and safe working conditions with AI slop, so I fear we may be on our own.

I can hope copyright will be wielded by a major corporation for good for a change, but...

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Sam Ottewill-Soulsby @samottewillsoulsby.bsky.social · 2d

A fascinating if depressing piece on competing gangs stealing rare copies of Russian literature from European libraries in the last couple of years, with a possible, though far from proved, Kremlin connection.

www.theguardian.com/books/2025/o...

The Pushkin job: unmasking the thieves behind an international rare books heist

The long read: Between 2022 and 2023, as many as 170 rare and valuable editions of Russian classics were stolen from libraries across Europe. Were the thieves merely low-level opportunists, or were bi...

www.theguardian.com

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aBOOleyn @aboleyn.bsky.social · 3d

Bluesky is really trying to help me break my socials addiction by banning Link.

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Dr. Johnathan Flowers, Blade Wielding Bisexual (Lordean arc) @shengokai.blacksky.app · 3d

At this point, it doesn't matter what justification they provide for Link's suspension, the fact of the matter is that the BlueSky team has demonstrated a wanton disregard for their own commitments to user moderation by deploying suspensions in response to what they take to be personal slights.

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Dr. Johnathan Flowers, Blade Wielding Bisexual (Lordean arc) @shengokai.blacksky.app · 3d

Suspending Link after he pointed out the how following Jonathan Chait after being accused of transphobia does not allow you to beat the transphobia allegations. In fact, it does the opposite.

To be clear: suspending Link was certainly a choice. And we know what KIND of choice it is.

race scientist jack skellington @jazzpomegranate.com · 3d

so now link is suspended with no email

link pointing out that jay now follows jonathan chait and suggesting that it may be for transphobic reasons

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Miriam @miriamboosh.bsky.social · 3d

Let me get this straight: Link, a Black user, got banned for calling out the Bluesky CEO for following a racist. That’s not a good look, especially given Bluesky’s historical treatment of Black users here on bluesky.

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monarch of ashes @cephalopod.bsky.social · 3d

link: Following Jonathan Chait after being accused of transphobia is certainly a choice.

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Dr. Damien P. Williams Wants A Better Sociotechnical Paradigm @wolvendamien.bsky.social · 3d

Been offline for a lot of the day so just now seeing they permabanned Link? AJ Link? A person who has done more community activism and organizing than I can reasonably name and one of the kindest, most giving, consistently community-building forces on this website? They fyckiung banned *Link*? jmfc

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Chris Franklin @errant-signal.com · 3d

So let me get this today’s drama right:

* Jay followed noted transphobe Jonathan Chait
* Blacksky user Link pointed that out that’s fucked up after the past week
* Link was banned on Blueskys appview presumably by Jay
* But Link is also hidden from Blacksky b/c it still uses said appview

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Gwen Snyder is undead @gwensnyder.bsky.social · 3d

Re-upping. Free Link

Gwen Snyder is undead @gwensnyder.bsky.social · 5d

Watching Jay, I realize I am simply exhausted by folks in positions of leadership who are driven to distraction by critique.

If you can't function with critique and pushback, a leadership position is not for you.

Leadership REQUIRES you to absorb and process the critique of stakeholders.

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Chris Franklin @errant-signal.com · 3d

Like I don’t know how you simultaneously undercut your argument for being a meaningfully decentralized platform while *also* doing a racism while *also* doing a transphobia while *also* proving to everyone you’re too petty and involved in forum drama to hold your position but Graber pulled it off

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