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Albert Pinto @70sbachchan.bsky.social · 7m

stellar investigation by 972Mag on IDF's manufactured videos that are reproduced uncritically in media. Truly a propaganda war."These videos are produced in-house by a small animation cell in the IDF Spokesperson’s Unit, working mainly in After Effects + Blender"
www.972mag.com/israeli-army...

Jack Sapoch @jacksapoch.bsky.social · 11h

NEW: Since October 2023, the IDF Spokesperson's Unit has released dozens of 3D animations illustrating alleged Hamas, Hezbollah, and Iranian sites

The style is now unmistakable: satellite zoom-ins, black & white wireframes, and red-textured houses - a new visual language of war

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redrum scare(d) corncob (no one said it made sense) @inquiline.myatproto.social · 1h

Hey some nerd (me) is quoted here in this @columjournreview.bsky.social story about how low-power FM radio stations weathered federal funding cuts by being too small to be eligible for federal funding... in contrast to NPR. The invulnerability of the truly grassroots? 📻💚
www.cjr.org/feature/publ...

Against the precipitous backdrop of funding cuts to public media, low-power radio emerges as a lesser-known source of inspiration.

www.cjr.org

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Kate Ross @kateross.bsky.social · 4h

This is really scary. If large companies start others will folllow.

Google tells employees: If you want health benefits, sign up with a third-party AI tool

Employees must provide access to a third-party AI tool to receive health benefits, sparking concerns about data privacy and consent among Googlers.

www.businessinsider.com

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redrum scare(d) corncob (no one said it made sense) @inquiline.myatproto.social · 1d

Faculty show support for USC to reject the federal government’s "Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education"... the USC @aaup.org chapter sent a petition rallying for USC to reject the compact

www.uscannenbergmedia.com/2025/10/06/r...

‘Reject the Compact’ petition urges USC not to sign Trump’s contract

Faculty show support for USC to reject the federal government’s Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education.

www.uscannenbergmedia.com

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Pablo Manríquez @pabloreports.bsky.social · 16h

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/p/scoop-appl...

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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redrum scare(d) corncob (no one said it made sense) @inquiline.myatproto.social · 10h

ohmygod this is credulous horseshit. beyond credulous horseshit

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redrum scare(d) corncob (no one said it made sense) @inquiline.myatproto.social · 20h

good share, snagging for class!

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Dustin Mulvaney @dustinmulvaney.bsky.social · 23h

This is the first time I’ve noticed this particular Executive Order getting cited as a reason for grant termination.

Dustin Mulvaney @dustinmulvaney.bsky.social · 1d

A bit anti-climactic, but we finally got the termination notice for our Department of Energy, Solar Energy Technology Office grant.

"This project does not effectuate the Department of Energy's priorities of ensuring affordable, reliable, and abundant energy to meet growing demand and/or addresses the national emergency declared pursuant to Executive Order 14156.
The Department has reviewed your financial assistance agreement in accordance with this policy and determined that this project is not consistent with this Administration's goals, policies and priorities."

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redrum scare(d) corncob (no one said it made sense) @inquiline.myatproto.social · 23h

look what they did to our boys

three sort of cursed-looking canaries in a cage, a plate from a ca. 1900 book of birds

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Courtney Vaughn @courtneyvaughn.bsky.social · 1d

Streets are still closed off in front of the Portland ICE facility at 8:30pm. Protesters have gathered on a side street. Dance party in progress.

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Ian S. Pumpkins @icpetrie.bsky.social · 1d

Penn historian Ben Nathans with an op-ed in our campus newspaper:

"No self-respecting university that values its autonomy and the integrity of its teaching and research should sign the compact."

Benjamin Nathans | Autonomy or obedience

Guest Columnist Benjamin Nathans urges Penn’s leadership to resist the White House’s demands in its “Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education.”

www.thedp.com

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Craig Aaron @notaaroncraig.bsky.social · 1d

Note also the role of Kimmel-canceling Nexstar (owners of NewsNation) riding along to film ICE-in-action propaganda

Daniel Knowles @dlknowles.bsky.social · 1d

Good reporting on the South Shore raid from South Side weekly here.

Confirms one thing I was told but didn't put in my own piece because I didn't have a second source and it seemed too insane: border agents segregated arrested residents by race

southsideweekly.com/federal-agen...

Federal Agents Storm South Shore Building, Detaining Families and Children

Families were woken by flashbangs and helicopters as hundreds of federal agents raided their homes. Days later, neighbors are still searching for the missing.

southsideweekly.com

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Harms Committed @harmscommitted.com · 1d

"Across Morocco, thousands of young people are chanting, 'We don't want the World Cup — we want health care!"

"Those aged 15 to 29, nearly a quarter of the population, face unemployment rates of 36%."
#Morocco #Israel #USA #Gaza #Palestine #Healthcare #Policing #Genocide

Solidarity with the Youth Uprising in Morocco - Left Voice

Over the past week, young people across Morocco have taken to the streets in 11 cities to demand funding for health care and education. The monarchy has responded with brutal repression. Labor…

www.leftvoice.org

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redrum scare(d) corncob (no one said it made sense) @inquiline.myatproto.social · 1d

i like this one for a certain sort of reply guy

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Rudy wants revolution. @rude1.blacksky.team · 1d

I hear and see your concerns. Over the weekend, a couple users hosted on Blacksky's PDS were banned from the Bluesky app and thus the Bluesky API servers. This was a weakness of our system I've been aware of and hoped we had more time to address before any kind of public incident. 1/11

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Nate Holdren @nhold.bsky.social · 1d

Please sign the petition calling for Tom Alter's reinstatement. Explanation at the link where you can sign.

docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Statement by the Committee to Defend Tom Alter

Statement by the Committee to Defend Tom Alter On September 10th, 2025, Dr. Tom Alter, a respected and tenured professor of history at Texas State University, was fired for remarks he made at a social...

docs.google.com

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redrum scare(d) corncob (no one said it made sense) @inquiline.myatproto.social · 1d

Keep sharing this story, folks. (Just told a family member who seemed to not really believe me, so followed it up with this link)

Daniel Knowles @dlknowles.bsky.social · 1d

Good reporting on the South Shore raid from South Side weekly here.

Confirms one thing I was told but didn't put in my own piece because I didn't have a second source and it seemed too insane: border agents segregated arrested residents by race

southsideweekly.com/federal-agen...

Federal Agents Storm South Shore Building, Detaining Families and Children

Families were woken by flashbangs and helicopters as hundreds of federal agents raided their homes. Days later, neighbors are still searching for the missing.

southsideweekly.com

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Jack Jenkins @jackjenkins.me · 1d

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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Jon Hance @jhance.bsky.social · 1d

Ok, this is just funny.

isportlandburning.com

Is Portland Burning?

No. See real-time Portland cameras, PulsePoint incidents, and sourced fact checks.

isportlandburning.com

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ChatGPT Quantum Particle Physician @smullins3000.bsky.social · 1d

How is it not news, according to the @nytimes.com, that an ICE agent in Chicago said "do something bitch" and deliberately SHOT a United States citizen? Can someone answer that question for me? @toddgregory.bsky.social @peterbakernyt.bsky.social @kenvogel.bsky.social @risenc.bsky.social

Emily Galvin-Almanza @galvinalmanza.bsky.social · 1d

It's not, like, some minor paperwork mistake. If this is correct, ICE rammed a woman's car, threatened her derisively, shot her, and then wrote up a report claiming she drove at them.

Someone prosecute someone for perjury someday please.

chicago.suntimes.com/news/2025/10...

Attorney for woman shot by Border Patrol claims agent said, 'Do something b----' before shooting

Body-camera video appears to contradict the government's claim that Marimar Martinez drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorney alleged...

chicago.suntimes.com

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Simulated Chollas @simulatedchollas.bsky.social · 1d

Vance invests in “venture capital firm that funded the farmland investment platform AcreTrader”

Kennedy in “a company that leases land for oil and gas extraction, commercial real estate, private equity”

Smith in one which “provides consulting services for farm sales...and conducts farm appraisals“

Civil Eats @civileats.com · 1d

We looked into the backgrounds of the most prominent individuals currently working on food and agriculture within federal agencies.

What follows is the first full accounting of those individuals’ past and present links to corporations.

The Industry Ties Within Trump’s Food and Ag Leadership

Many of the president’s top officials at USDA, EPA, HHS, and FDA have connections to chemical, agribusiness, or fossil fuel interests.

buff.ly

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Rudy wants revolution. @rude1.blacksky.team · 1d

P.S. I've been updating docs.blacksky.community based on questions and feedback so check that out.

Thanks again to the folks who trust us and contribute the funds that allow to continue pursuing this mission of providing communities with autonomous, safe spaces.

Gonna get back to work now 👨🏾‍💻

Introduction | Blacksky Documentation

docs.blacksky.community

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redrum scare(d) corncob (no one said it made sense) @inquiline.myatproto.social · 1d

ohmygod yes this is a huge problem with here. i get not dooming, but many big accts just vibepost cheerleading and it scares the living hell out of me tbh

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

Someone uploaded the video to reddit. He said it and then just abruptly stopped talking. The video is still working - you can see him blinking. And it's not an audio problem his mouth isn't moving

www.reddit.com/r/LateStageC...

From the LateStageCapitalism community on Reddit: Stephen Miller states that Trump has plenary authority, then immediately stops talking as if he’s realized what he just said

Explore this post and more from the LateStageCapitalism community

www.reddit.com

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redrum scare(d) corncob (no one said it made sense) @inquiline.myatproto.social · 1d

literally my credit card bill last month went into a new and unexpected range for this very reason

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