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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 10h

#WarRavagedPortland

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Doing Asbestos I Can @geologist.bsky.social · 20h

Je suis Je rry

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Doing Asbestos I Can @geologist.bsky.social · 21h

I get the twitchy eye spasms if I have too much caffeine. But it is my drug of choice.

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Doing Asbestos I Can @geologist.bsky.social · 23h

Hell yeah

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Doing Asbestos I Can @geologist.bsky.social · 1d

perhaps not really a food, but I love me some instant and decaf coffee

Faine Greenwood @faineg.bsky.social · 1d

What foods do you love that you fully acknowledge make you a pervert for loving them?

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Doing Asbestos I Can @geologist.bsky.social · 1d

This. I can't believe more people don't talk about how back in 2013 Pam was going to join the lawsuit against TU but changed her mind after Trump made a $25k donation to her PAC.

She was on the take from day one.

southpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · 1d

I’m a career prosecutor who took a $25,000 check from an affiliated entity of Donald Trump’s while investigating Trump University and later left my lobbying firm to become Donald Trump’s personal impeachment lawyer, White House aide, and Attorney General. So don’t you DARE question my integrity.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Bondi to Blumenthal: "You lied. How dare you? I'm a career prosecutor. Don't you ever challenge my integrity. Do not question my ability to be fair and impartial."

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Doing Asbestos I Can @geologist.bsky.social · 1d

OpenAI and the GOP are employing the same tactic: make violations of laws so incredibly numerous and widespread that they exceed the capacity of the legal system to enforce consequences.

Alex von Tunzelmann @alexvont.bsky.social · 1d

I agree with every word Zelda Williams says. And this at the end from OpenAI makes me want to go full Ned Ludd. Creators can’t have a blanket opt-out on copyright infringement of their work and have to fill out a form appealing to OpenAI’s mercy every time? Fuck off into the sun

OpenAI told the Guardian that content owners can flag copyright infringement using a “copyright disputes form” but that individual artists or studios cannot have a blanket opt-out. Varun Shetty, OpenAI’s head of media partnerships, said: “We’ll work with rights holders to block characters from Sora at their request and respond to takedown requests.”

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Andy @andyoregon.bsky.social · 2d

Jess Waters recycling the same guy over and over to represent “former” different enemies

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Doing Asbestos I Can @geologist.bsky.social · 1d

That @lataco.bsky.social and @teenvogue.com became (deservedly) breakout stars underscores how hungry people are for bold, fact-based journalism while the major outlets all tip over the Nazi event horizon.

Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 1d

@lataco.bsky.social first began as a blog documenting local Mexican cuisine. Now, it’s an essential reporting powerhouse to the city as Trump’s mass deportation plot unfolds.

Check out the latest from our friends at Reveal: tinyurl.com/4cm2bsdr

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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 2d

Bill Nye is currently on the Hill to advocate against a proposed 47% cut to NASA science from the Trump admin

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Doing Asbestos I Can @geologist.bsky.social · 2d

there's some Baghdad-Bob-level bullshit out there about Portland right now

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Doing Asbestos I Can @geologist.bsky.social · 3d

This captures it perfectly.

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weeder @weeder.bsky.social · 3d

There are so many ways to stop Stephen Miller. We should try them all. Alphabetically is fine.

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Rose Schmits @roseschmits.bsky.social · 3d

We’re on a speedrun to bluesky banning anti ai hate speech but leaving anti trans hate speech awesome

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lauren @lauren.rotatingsandwiches.com · 3d

it's pretty wild to be doing "stop being racist to my computer friend" discourse when the forces of Actual Racism are totally ascendant in government and inventing new ways to arrest people for their skin color every day

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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 4d

If you’re white, your accomplishments are your own and you can resent and criticize the country all you like, but if you’re black and successful you should be grateful to white people for allowing you in their presence. bsky.app/profile/jess...

Jess Calarco @jessicacalarco.com · 4d

Weaponized gratitude is a key tool in the abuser's toolkit. The goal is to convince the victim that they owe the abuser so much, they should feel guilty for wanting to complain.

Tweet from the VP:
Joy Reid has had such a good life in this country. It's been
overwhelmingly kind and gracious to her. She is far wealthier than most.
Yet she oozes with contempt.
My honest, non-trolling advice to Joy Reid is that you'd be a much
happier person if you showed a little gratitude

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Anil Dash @anildash.com · 4d

One first step people should do to respond to this is start using the “report a speed trap” function in Apple Maps to report where ICE is operating. Make Apple party to the attempt to protect people.