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Alexander Chee @alexanderchee.bsky.social · 5m

Ramzi is now also fundraising for medical needs, if you can help. Thanks to everyone who has donated thus far.

Alexander Chee @alexanderchee.bsky.social · 6d

Ramzi is hoping to get some flour. chuffed.org/project/1319...

My name is Ramzi from Gaza, I am 20 years old. My house was destroyed and we are living the most difficult days of our lives. My family consists of 4 members and we suffer every day. We have been disp...

chuffed.org

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Alexander Chee @alexanderchee.bsky.social · 9m

In retrospect he was an omen of future power

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Jack Tripper @chadstanton.blacksky.app · 2h

Don’t think you’re supposed to do that.

Emissary Of Night | ليلى @diplomatofnight.com · 14h

Fascinating report just released by DropSite which reveals that David Frum, while working on a profile of an Israeli ambassador to the United Nations for the Atlantic, was also shadow-writing speeches for that same ambassador.

David Frum, Douglas Murray Secretly Drafted Speeches for Israeli Ambassador

Leaked emails from former Israeli UN Ambassador Ron Prosor show David Frum, Douglas Murray offering to write his speeches and a CNN producer fundraising for Israel’s Iron Dome during Israel’s 2014 war

www.dropsitenews.com

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Alexander Chee @alexanderchee.bsky.social · 13m

Ah sorry. Have an amazing time, like I need to tell you.

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Kendra "Gloom is My Beat" Pierre-Louis @kendrawrites.com · 1h

I read somewhere recently that what the rich really want is slavery and it's hard not to read this article through that lens

Trump Labor Department Says His Immigration Raids Are Causing a Food Crisis

In a filing in the Federal Register, the Labor Department argues there are “immediate dangers to the American food supply” due to a lack of migrant agricultural workers.

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Kendra "Gloom is My Beat" Pierre-Louis @kendrawrites.com · 1h

She's not anonymous (can't speak to her salary).

Her name is Camille Zapata

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Alexander Chee @alexanderchee.bsky.social · 21m

How long are you in Florence?

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Parker Molloy @parkermolloy.com · 1h

Today's newsletter: www.readtpa.com/p/how-the-su...

How the Supreme Court Uses "Free Speech" to Dismantle LGBTQ Protections

In Chiles v. Salazar, the Court's conservative majority is poised to strike down conversion therapy bans by redefining harmful medical practices as protected speech.

www.readtpa.com

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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 1h

ICE is not only chasing down every random brown person in Chicago, they have a cameraman following them to film this for social media. Cruelty and inhumanity as content.

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Kyle Cheney @kyledcheney.bsky.social · 1h

JUST IN: A federal judge has granted the New York Times’ demand for a list of Elon Musk’s security clearances. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

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Paul F. Tompkins @pftompkins.bsky.social · 1h

FanTASTIC news let’s get this done

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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Felipe De La Hoz @felipedlh.bsky.social · 1h

You cannot be fucking serious

SCOOP: Apple Quietly Made ICE Agents a Protected Class

Internal emails show tech giant used anti-hate-speech rules meant for minorities to block an app documenting immigration enforcement.

migrantinsider.com

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Karl Bode @karlbode.com · 4h

twice a year the entire U.S. press becomes a marketing extension of a single billionaire-owned retailer, and nobody in any position of editorial power thinks it's weird or gross

photo of Google News search results for Amazon Prime Day (the second this year)

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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 3h

This very very very bad. I cannot stress this enough. I said that they crossed the Rubicon with arresting Ras Baraka several months ago. This is very bad and portends more bad things for regular people.

Gregory Pratt @royalpratt.bsky.social · 4h

The President of the United States is calling for the mayor of Chicago and governor of Illinois to be jailed.

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ryan cooper @ryanlcooper.com · 3h

if blue state governors and mayors aren't already thinking about the reliability of various police forces nominally under their control, they should start immediately

southpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · 4h

The situation in America is not great. www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...

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Melissa Gira Grant @melissagiragrant.com · 3h

one of my most durable political lessons out of Occupy is: not only is it a bad look to instruct people at protests you are not part what to do based on posts online, it’s bad tactics to order around people with local experience and who are doing countless things you won’t know about from posts

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Alexander Chee @alexanderchee.bsky.social · 7h

In case you, like me, saw your electric bill more than double.

Peter Butler @peter-butler.bsky.social · 15h

Bloomberg research found wholesale electricity up ~270% in areas near data centers

It doesn't seem like nearly enough people are taking it seriously

One A.I. image isn't too much energy, but 5 million videos? Per day/hour/minute whatever. It's not sustainable

www.bloomberg.com/graphics/202...

AI Data Centers Are Sending Power Bills Soaring

Wholesale electricity costs as much as 267% more than it did five years ago in areas near data centers. That’s being passed on to customers.

www.bloomberg.com

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Doug Mack @douglasmack.bsky.social · 12h

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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Alexander Chee @alexanderchee.bsky.social · 7h

Happy to learn the poet Jane Hirshfield is big on Tumblr.

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Kendra "Gloom is My Beat" Pierre-Louis @kendrawrites.com · 14h

My favorite fact is that in Florida the guns come from gun owners leaving the guns in their unlocked cars. The state allows for on person carry but establishments can still ban them so they leave them in their cars ulocked because that's smart, and people steal them.

Where criminals get their guns - Reveal

On this episode of Reveal, we learn where criminals get their guns and what cars can teach us about gun safety.

revealnews.org

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Alexander Chee @alexanderchee.bsky.social · 14h

We have a good amount in NY and VT but they are very good at it.

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John Pfaff @johnpfaff.bsky.social · 16h

They said on-line isn’t real life, and Bluesky is a niche social media site.

But here is @akalhan.bsky.social getting “Kavanaugh Stops” into the Boston Globe!

With a pic of Kav looking a little petulant too (but then when doesn’t he?).

Glad to see this is sticking to him.

Critics of Trump’s immigration crackdown are using the term ‘Kavanaugh stop.’ Here’s what it means. - The Boston Globe

The phrase, is "a window into where [the administration] can go next," some advocates say.

www.bostonglobe.com

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Alexander Chee @alexanderchee.bsky.social · 14h

I wish you much happiness and success there. I love that town.

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Alexander Chee @alexanderchee.bsky.social · 14h

Yes exactly. Good to hear from you/find you here.

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Alexander Chee @alexanderchee.bsky.social · 14h

In other words a classmate said "Oh a friend of mine is making that right now." It was.

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