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Yashar Ali 🐘 @yasharali.bsky.social · 2h

Since OpenAI’s Sora 2 came out, a ton of AI videos have been made of Jake Paul appearing to be gay, appearing to be a beauty influencer, doing makeup on camera etc.

Jake just responded from his verified account.

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Nia Noire @houseofhathor.bsky.social · 6h

Black grandmothers really ate with this one. Cuz they simply do not go together!

Gabrielle A. Perry, MPH @geauxgabrielle.bsky.social · 6h

In the words of the old Black grandmothers “what kind of sense does it make to have a wet pussy and a dry pocketbook?”

Bitch I want some flowers TOO. A BILL PAID. I want my favorite candy. I want you to consider & take care of me. You want to use me mind, body, and soul but I cant ask for ANYTHING?

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Quintessa Knight @quietblkgrl.bsky.social · 2d

Folks are not crazy for wanting to be treated like actual human beings.

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More Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 1d

California has now banned algorithmic price fixing.

The state has outlawed the practice of landlords colluding to raise prices using rental software and AI.

This is a huge victory for renters in the biggest state in the country.

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Ada Palmer @adapalmer.bsky.social · 2d

I see pieces like this a lot, often w/ a spin of lamenting cultural degeneration, but reading is a LABOR issue, it’s declined because so many people are working overtime or two jobs & employers expect after hours work. France has Earth’s highest reading rate b/c long lunch breaks & labor protections

After Dinner Conversation® @afterdinnerconversation.com · 2d

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🔸your man🔸 @jussdjay.bsky.social · 2d

I’ve honestly think I’m in a functional depression phase right now

a close up of a bald man with a beard and mustache looking up at the sky .

ALT: a close up of a bald man with a beard and mustache looking up at the sky .

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Debt Collective 🟥 @debtcollective.bsky.social · 3d

You need to know and understand who BlackRock is.

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Haymarket Books @haymarketbooks.org · 2d

In celebration of Black History Month in Britain and Ireland, we're offering readers 40% off a range of titles on Black radical lineages, legacies, and futures. Check out the full list here ⬇️
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Black History Month 2025 in Britain and Ireland!

In recognition of Black History Month in Britain and Ireland this October, and celebrating the 80th anniversary of the Pan-African Congress in Manchester in 1945, we are offering 40% off books on the ...

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Gabrielle A. Perry, MPH @geauxgabrielle.bsky.social · 6d

I could NEVER get back into gaming. XBOX game pass is now $30 A MONTH. PER MONTH. EACH MONTH.

XBOX Live used to be $50 A YEAR. And the consoles are going up too cause of the tariffs.

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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 7d

How is this sustainable?

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 8d

NEW: Rachel Maddow drops unseen bodycam footage of feds coordinating the arrest of Newark Mayor Baraka.

I REPEAT: the feds ordered his arrest even though he wasn’t breaking any laws.

Federal agent: “We are arresting the mayor right now per the Deputy Attorney General of the United States.”

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perry dimes @prdgm.bsky.social · 10d

ya sex is nice but have you ever made a particularly pertinent comment during book club and everyone starts snapping in approval

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Dr. Allison Wiltz @allyfromnola.bsky.social · 10d

Opposing racism isn’t anti American unless your ready to concede this is a racist nation

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Zodi Mamuwalde @zodi777.blacksky.app · 17d

Share this far and wide! Release the babies from the nefarious clutches of Cocomelon & Blippi.
(I’m joking but I’m serious. Clifford & Magic School Bus were made with *learning* in mind. This other stuff just hypnotizes.)

The Traveling Auntie 🛫 @mizzhomebawdy.blacksky.app · 17d

For my parents and 80’s and 90’s Babies, Scholastic just dropped their own app! And you can stream for free!

Scholastic announces streaming app dedicated to content for kids

Scholastic is taking all of its beloved kids' programming online, with the release of a new streaming app for kids called Scholastic TV.

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Nia Noire @houseofhathor.bsky.social · 18d

"When they go low, we go high" is one of the most destructive things to influence the Black community in quite some time.

Baby,when they go low- take it to hell. And in a hand basket at that.

Nia Noire @houseofhathor.bsky.social · 19d

Housing cost are too damn high. The rent. The mortgage. The insurance. The utilities.

It's too much.

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Je’lon Alexander, M.A. @jelonalexander.bsky.social · 22d

This is very disturbing as hell man.

Sellè Bussi 🏳️‍⚧️ @oharavee.bsky.social · 22d

Chile, yes

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Je’lon Alexander, M.A. @jelonalexander.bsky.social · 20d

Fascism is a man’s wet dream it is also humanity’s worst nightmare.

Men do not aspire to be leaders, they aspire to be dictators.

Fascism, capitalism, & patriarchy are the trifecta of death that will lead to the end of human civilization.

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Dr. Allison Wiltz @allyfromnola.bsky.social · 20d

They’re mad at anti fascism because they’re fascists

They’re mad at anti racism because they’re racists

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Nia Noire @houseofhathor.bsky.social · 20d

What's keeping folks from despair? I'm losing it

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Kendra "Gloom is My Beat" Pierre-Louis @kendrawrites.com · 20d

is anyone else getting golden calf energy?

Culture Crave 🍿 @culturecrave.co · 20d

A 12-foot golden statue of Donald Trump holding a Bitcoin was unveiled outside the US Capitol

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Arepa Auntie @breadbae.blacksky.app · 20d

Black media personalities, journalists, academics were being dropped/ fired left, right, front to back during BLM and it was pin drop quiet. No national call to network boycotts. Or “allies” had gone dark.

Gabrielle A. Perry, MPH @geauxgabrielle.bsky.social · 20d

NBC fired EVERYBODY BLACK not 4 months ago and nobody gave a fuck lmao

🇬🇾🗽Sydette The Dreaded Gorgon🗽🇬🇾 @blackamazon.bsky.social · 20d

They're canceling shows!

They went on a spree not only canceling but removing from access some of the best shows and movies that represented diverse audiences

and people thought it was cool because they had "race fatigue"

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More Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 26d

Google's AI has actually been trained largely by 2,000 workers paid between $16 to $21 an hour, according to new reports.

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How thousands of ‘overworked, underpaid’ humans train Google’s AI to seem smart

Contracted AI raters describe grueling deadlines, poor pay and opacity around work to make chatbots intelligent

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Sam Biddle @sambiddle.com · 26d

Palantir and its CEO are increasingly trying to spin the idea it would engage in civil liberties-violating state surveillance as absurd. Unfortunately for this PR push, we previously caught them helping run a flagship NSA dragnet surveillance program. theintercept.com/2025/09/12/p...

Alex Karp Insists Palantir Doesn’t Spy on Americans. Here’s What He’s Not Saying.

Documents from Edward Snowden published by The Intercept in 2017 show the NSA’s use of Palantir technology.

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Haymarket Books @haymarketbooks.org · 26d

Winning People-Centered Policies in the Age of Constitutional Collapse

Join @danieldenvir.bsky.social, Aziz Rana, and @taraghuveer.bsky.social for a conversation with Dr. Carmen Rojas.

Tuesday, September 16 at 3:00 pm ET

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Winning People-Centered Policies in the Age of Constitutional Collapse

We can’t rely on the Constitution or the courts to deliver for the people—but from rent-striking tenants to movements defying empire, everyday Americans are rewriting the relationship of political eng...

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