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NH's "Play-by-Play" Guy @egall.bsky.social · 2h

The stunning conclusion

ChatGPT turning Jerry into an isekai waifu

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Techdirt feed reader @tdrto000.bsky.social · 2h

America Is Drowning In Scam Calls And Texts And Donald Trump Is Making It Worse
https://www.techdirt.com/2025/10/08/america-is-drowning-in-scam-calls-and-texts-and-donald-trump-is-making-it-worse/

America Is Drowning In Scam Calls And Texts And Donald Trump Is Making It Worse

Just so you know: it’s not normal for your country’s voice communications networks to be completely hijacked by scammers and marketers, rendering it almost unusable. That’s litera…

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Eliot Higgins @eliothiggins.bsky.social · 6h

Dutch courts fighting to make Facebook and Instagram useable again.

Ramsha Jahangir @ramshajahangir.bsky.social · 7h

Last week, a Dutch court ordered Meta to give Facebook & Instagram users the right to set a chronological feed by default - one of the first EU cases applying the DSA in civil proceedings.

To unpack what this means, I spoke with @bitsoffreedom.bsky.social:

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What a Dutch Court Ruling Against Meta Signals for Private DSA Enforcement | TechPolicy.Press

Tech Policy Press spoke with Rejo Zenger, Policy and Advocacy Lead at Bits of Freedom, to better understand the significance of the ruling.

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Josh Sternberg @joshsternberg.com · 3h

"Worse than how these legislative impasses have become commonplace in the rhythms and cadence of D.C., though, is how Democrats do not seem to know how to use them to build political capital, leverage, and public consensus."

Meredith Shiner @meredithshiner.com · 4h

Bridging my current life in Chicago and my past life in D.C., I argue today at @newrepublic.com that Democrats should ~never~ vote to fund this government. Make John Thune blow up Senate rules and Republicans wholly own the U.S. extra-military military doing war crimes against us, funded by us.

The Case for the Forever Shutdown

Senate Democrats actually allowing the GOP to stop funding the government is only the first step. Now they have to make the case that Trump’s government is illegitimate.

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Turkish Minute @turkishminute.com · 3h

US, Qatar, Turkey to join third day of Gaza peace talks in Egypt www.turkishminute.com/2025/10/08/u...

US, Qatar, Turkey to join third day of Gaza peace talks in Egypt - Turkish Minute

Qatar's prime minister and senior delegates from the United States and Turkey will join Hamas and Israeli negotiators on Wednesday for a third day of talks aimed at ending the Gaza war.

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ghost malone ergo propter malone @proptermalone.bsky.social · 3h

I believe these are the first Chicagoland NTBs, which is significant because grand juries sit for a long time— we didn’t previously know that Chicago’s GJs were fed up with this stuff and now we do.

Haydon is reading The Uncertain Center, Arthur C McGill @haydonmp.bsky.social · 4h

Add it to the tally.

Seems like we’re getting up to 20+ grand jury no true bills just from what I’ve seen. Absolutely remarkable.

Seth Stern @sethstern.bsky.social · 12h

A federal grand jury declined to indict two people charged with assaulting law enforcement agents outside a suburban Chicago ICE facility, an attorney for one of the defendants said, Megan Crepeau and @benjaminpenn.bsky.social report

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Seth Stern @sethstern.bsky.social · 12h

A federal grand jury declined to indict two people charged with assaulting law enforcement agents outside a suburban Chicago ICE facility, an attorney for one of the defendants said, Megan Crepeau and @benjaminpenn.bsky.social report

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Grand Jury Declines to Indict Two Chicago-Area ICE Protesters

A federal grand jury declined to indict two people charged with assaulting law enforcement agents outside a suburban Chicago ICE facility, an attorney for one of the defendants said.

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NH's "Play-by-Play" Guy @egall.bsky.social · 3h

This is what happens when I try to search

Screenshot of searching BlueSky for the word "search" and it turning up no results

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NH's "Play-by-Play" Guy @egall.bsky.social · 3h

OK, what happened to search on here?

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NH's "Play-by-Play" Guy @egall.bsky.social · 13h

...all of us?

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NH's "Play-by-Play" Guy @egall.bsky.social · 14h

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In odium fidei - Wikipedia

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NH's "Play-by-Play" Guy @egall.bsky.social · 14h

ICE is acting In Odium Fidei:

Jack Jenkins @jackjenkins.me · 16h

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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Jonathan Cohn @jonathancohn.bsky.social · 14h

A truly perverse religiosity performed by an administration where everyone is cheating on their spouses and clergy are assaulted with glee

If Republicans want to stop the “attack on Christianity,” they should stop attacking.

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Religious protesters say ICE threatens religious freedom in Chicago

(RNS) — Despite potential danger, religious leaders and faith activists have been a visible presence at Chicago-area ICE protests, some waving signs with slogans such as ‘Love thy neighbor’ and ‘Who w...

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Omar Figueroa @artoflaw.bsky.social · 15h

Love the potential Religious Freedom Restoration Act (RFRA) angle!

Jack Jenkins @jackjenkins.me · 16h

NEW: I spoke to clergy and faith leaders who've joined protests at the Chicago-area ICE facility.

Three say they've been shot with pepper balls, sometimes while praying.

All say ICE is also violating their religious freedom, and one is arguing it in court. religionnews.com/2025/10/07/i...

Religious protesters say ICE threatens religious freedom in Chicago

(RNS) — Despite potential danger, religious leaders and faith activists have been a visible presence at Chicago-area ICE protests, some waving signs with slogans such as ‘Love thy neighbor’ and ‘Who w...

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Kath Barbadoro @kathbarbadoro.bsky.social · 15h

I love living in a city full of immigrants and tons and tons of people who are not at all like me and not like each other. It makes us all better and it makes our city better. I know I’m preaching to the choir by saying this on the lib app but I sometimes just get so overwhelmed by how special it is

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NH's "Play-by-Play" Guy @egall.bsky.social · 14h

Ha I am going to hold the "old-timey" thing over his head!

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Ken Jennings @kenjennings.bsky.social · 15h

Never heard this but it appears to be an old-timey name for the same thing. Our judges would look to see if the term was used in multiple publications and make a ruling. Too close for me to call!

NH's "Play-by-Play" Guy @egall.bsky.social · 16h

@kenjennings.bsky.social would you have accepted "Tanning Index" as an alternative name for "UV Index" on tonight's final Jeopardy? (My Dad wants to know!)

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RogueResistanceKnitter 🥄 @rogueresistknitter.bsky.social · 15h

👀CONCORD, NEW HAMPSHIRE RESIDENTS👀

NH's "Play-by-Play" Guy @egall.bsky.social · 16h

Concord NH will be having municipal elections! The candidate I've endorsed (Aislinn Kalob) for my ward's City Council seat is facing some pretty fierce competition, so she'll need some strong support from progressives to prevail!

NGP VAN @ngpvan.com · 16h

2025 isn’t an “off year.” Across the country, voters will head to the polls in elections that could shape millions of lives — from New York City to Seattle, from Virginia to New Jersey, from Boston to Detroit, and in thousands of other cities and towns nationwide.

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NH's "Play-by-Play" Guy @egall.bsky.social · 15h

Anyways, my position is that the accessibility concerns outweigh the AI training concerns, so thus you should always use alt text.

NH's "Play-by-Play" Guy @egall.bsky.social · 15h

I have actually seen a bit of this from some of the Japanese artists I follow:

Jessica Huỳnh @jessicahuynh.bsky.social · 16h

I'd put money on alt text for accessibility vs alt text being easy labels for training being a big blow up some time in the future, the posting will be incredible

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NH's "Play-by-Play" Guy @egall.bsky.social · 16h

@kenjennings.bsky.social would you have accepted "Tanning Index" as an alternative name for "UV Index" on tonight's final Jeopardy? (My Dad wants to know!)

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NH's "Play-by-Play" Guy @egall.bsky.social · 16h

Website here: www.aislinn4concord.com

Aislinn for Concord Ward 6 City Council

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NH's "Play-by-Play" Guy @egall.bsky.social · 16h

Donate to Aislinn here: secure.actblue.com/my-express/e...

ActBlue Express

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NH's "Play-by-Play" Guy @egall.bsky.social · 16h

Concord NH will be having municipal elections! The candidate I've endorsed (Aislinn Kalob) for my ward's City Council seat is facing some pretty fierce competition, so she'll need some strong support from progressives to prevail!

NGP VAN @ngpvan.com · 16h

2025 isn’t an “off year.” Across the country, voters will head to the polls in elections that could shape millions of lives — from New York City to Seattle, from Virginia to New Jersey, from Boston to Detroit, and in thousands of other cities and towns nationwide.

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NH's "Play-by-Play" Guy @egall.bsky.social · 16h

yeah, but very few people have set up their own PDSes so far...