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Publicize Resistance @nogutsnofreedom.bsky.social · 4h

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Ken Klippenstein @kenklippenstein.bsky.social · 4h

did my second ever YouTube segment
www.youtube.com/watch?v=lWRt...

National Guard Brutally Mocked for Chicago Deployment

YouTube video by KlipNews

www.youtube.com

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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 15h

This Reuters headline. Oof.

Fascism isn't 'coming.' It's HERE.
www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...

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Foz Meadows @fozmeadows.bsky.social · 22h

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Foz Meadows @fozmeadows.bsky.social · 22h

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Patrick Klepek @patrickklepek.bsky.social · 2d

I’m sorry, but if you let a young kid mess around unrestricted on these things you are absolutely parenting wrong.

Julia Carrie Wong @joolia.bsky.social · 6d

I spoke to parents who are letting their young kids play with generative AI and tried to sort through some of the questions they have about it.

"I don’t know what this is doing to their brains," one dad told me.

Meanwhile, Sam Altman says, "Kids love ChatGPT on voicemode."

‘My son genuinely believed it was real’: Parents are letting little kids play with AI. Are they wrong?

Some believe AI can spark their child’s imagination through personalized stories and generative images. Scientists are wary of its affect on creativity

www.theguardian.com

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Foz Meadows @fozmeadows.bsky.social · 1d

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little dracula @lurrel.bsky.social · 2d

i think idols should be allowed a rumspringa where they get to eat a lot of junk food and go to clubs for like a year and no one can take their photos

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Foz Meadows @fozmeadows.bsky.social · 2d

touching grass is no longer enough I need someone with half a brain and a functional conscience to find the death note

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Foz Meadows @fozmeadows.bsky.social · 2d

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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 3d

Stephen Miller said last year this was the plan. They said it out loud. Some of us highlighted his remarks at the time and warned how dangerous they were. Most of the media missed them and/or moved on from them. It’s happening:

@NewsJennifer (Jennifer Schulze) @newsjennifer.bsky.social · 3d

Red states sending troops to blue states is a really bad idea.

‪Governor JB Pritzker‬
‪@govpritzker.illinois.gov‬
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This evening, President Trump is ordering 400 members of the Texas National Guard for deployments to Illinois, Oregon, and other locations within the United States. No officials from the federal government called me directly to discuss or coordinate.
‪Governor JB Pritzker‬
‪@govpritzker.illinois.gov‬
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We must now start calling this what it is: Trump’s Invasion. It started with federal agents, it will soon include deploying federalized members of the Illinois National Guard against our wishes, and it will now involve sending in another state’s military troops.
‪Governor JB Pritzker‬
‪@govpritzker.illinois.gov‬
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I call on Governor Abbott to immediately withdraw any support for this decision and refuse to coordinate. There is no reason a President should send military troops into a sovereign state without their knowledge, consent, or cooperation.
‪Governor JB Pritzker‬
‪@govpritzker.illinois.gov‬
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The brave men and women who serve in our national guards must not be used as political props. This is a moment where every American must speak up and help stop this madness.

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Yashar Ali 🐘 @yasharali.bsky.social · 3d

Statement from Illinois Governor JB Pritzker

This evening, President Trump is ordering 400 members of the Texas National Guard for deployments to Illinois, Oregon, and other locations within the United States. No officials from the federal government called me directly to discuss or coordinate.
We must now start calling this what it is: Trump's Invasion. It started with federal agents, it will soon include deploying federalized members of the Illinois National Guard against our wishes, and it will now involve sending in another state's military troops.
I call on Governor Abbott to immediately withdraw any support for this decision and refuse to coordinate. There is no reason a President should send military troops into a sovereign state without their knowledge, consent, or cooperation.
The brave men and women who serve in our national guards must not be used as political props. This is a moment where every American must speak up and help stop this madness.

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Ben Fritz @benfritz.bsky.social · 6d

The most important human story in the entertainment industry right now is the severe downturn in film and TV production in LA and how it's affecting middle-class crew workers. I spoke to dozens of them for this story about the depressed Hollywood economy. www.wsj.com/business/med...

L.A.’s Entertainment Economy Is Looking Like a Disaster Movie

Work is evaporating, businesses are closing, longtime residents are leaving, and Los Angeles’s creative middle class is hanging on by a thread.

www.wsj.com

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Foz Meadows @fozmeadows.bsky.social · 3d

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Foz Meadows @fozmeadows.bsky.social · 3d

[stares bleakly into the middle distance] www.politico.eu/article/alba...

Albania appoints world’s first AI-made minister

Diella, who is powered by artificial intelligence, will handle public procurement.

www.politico.eu

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Foz Meadows @fozmeadows.bsky.social · 3d

I've been bingeing C.S. Pacat's Fence comics, and having finished Vol 7, I'm trying to find the next one, but while the official @boom-studios.com site says that Fence: Breakthrough Gamechangers was due out in July 2025, I can't find it listed for purchase anywhere or any new updates. Help?