@jeremy-akers.bsky.social
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It's not "unexpected", as anybody who has been carded at the store for buying any number of things (such as spray paint) for years could've told you. It's just expanding the in-person surveillance to online.
From skincare to dating apps, age verification bills are creeping into unexpected places, and the privacy risks are growing.
First Porn, Now Skin Cream? ‘Age Verification’ Bills Are Out of Control
I’m old enough to remember when age verification bills were pitched as a way to ‘save the kids from porn’ and shield them from other vague dangers lurking in the digital world (like…“the transgender”)...
www.eff.org
March 12, 2025 at 7:28 PM
It's not "unexpected", as anybody who has been carded at the store for buying any number of things (such as spray paint) for years could've told you. It's just expanding the in-person surveillance to online.
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The 27-year-old journalist, who lived for her work, had travelled to occupied Zaporizhzhia oblast in order to find out about Russia’s torture prisons on occupied territory
khpg.org/en/1608814479
khpg.org/en/1608814479
Ukrainian journalist Victoria Roshchyna died after savage torture and extreme emaciation in Russian captivity
The 27-year-old journalist, who lived for her work, had travelled to occupied Zaporizhzhia oblast in order to find out about Russia’s torture prisons on occupied territory
khpg.org
March 12, 2025 at 5:05 AM
The 27-year-old journalist, who lived for her work, had travelled to occupied Zaporizhzhia oblast in order to find out about Russia’s torture prisons on occupied territory
khpg.org/en/1608814479
khpg.org/en/1608814479
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While some people keep calling this place an echo chamber, most people recognize that it's just... a nicer, better place to communicate with others.
Time to give @bluesky props. As I write this, there are 560 quotes and replies to the post below.
Of those only 4 call me names and give me shit. About 15 do the same towards Trump.
The remaining 541 are on topic and add value.
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Of those only 4 call me names and give me shit. About 15 do the same towards Trump.
The remaining 541 are on topic and add value.
👏👏👏👏👏
It’s a battle of political leverage. Who can use tariffs, retaliatory tariffs or sanctions to create more political pain for the other leader. Forcing them to capitulate or face undesired consequences.
How crazy would it be if China, Mexico and/or Canada initiated tariffs before Trump took office
How crazy would it be if China, Mexico and/or Canada initiated tariffs before Trump took office
November 28, 2024 at 1:49 AM
While some people keep calling this place an echo chamber, most people recognize that it's just... a nicer, better place to communicate with others.
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The COVID death rate. Gee, maybe vaccines work and RFK Jr. and his lot are fools.
November 22, 2024 at 1:51 PM
The COVID death rate. Gee, maybe vaccines work and RFK Jr. and his lot are fools.
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I'd like to clear up any rumors about me being on Bluesky
I AM on Bluesky and have been for several months
It's really me
I can prove it now by posting this deeply personal photo of myself that only I have
I AM on Bluesky and have been for several months
It's really me
I can prove it now by posting this deeply personal photo of myself that only I have
November 19, 2024 at 7:29 PM
I'd like to clear up any rumors about me being on Bluesky
I AM on Bluesky and have been for several months
It's really me
I can prove it now by posting this deeply personal photo of myself that only I have
I AM on Bluesky and have been for several months
It's really me
I can prove it now by posting this deeply personal photo of myself that only I have
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People dressed as Nazis are Nazis this isn't a street performance of Sound of Music
“Police responded at 1:12 p.m. to a report that one of the people in the group sprayed pepper spray or mace at a passerby. Callers reported the group was using racial slurs at minorities on the street, shouting about Jewish people and white power and appeared to be armed, police dispatchers said.”
Police respond to reports of people dressed as Nazis marching through Columbus' North Side
Columbus police are responding as social media videos show about a dozen people dressed as Nazis marching through the Short North and Victorian Village.
www.dispatch.com
November 16, 2024 at 9:07 PM
People dressed as Nazis are Nazis this isn't a street performance of Sound of Music
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The H5N1 sequence found in the hospitalized teenager shows two important mutations that improve the virus's ability to bind to human α2,6 sialic acid receptors.
This adaptation is crucial for the virus's potential to spread between humans.
The virus is evolving.
#H5N1
This adaptation is crucial for the virus's potential to spread between humans.
The virus is evolving.
#H5N1
November 16, 2024 at 6:39 PM
The H5N1 sequence found in the hospitalized teenager shows two important mutations that improve the virus's ability to bind to human α2,6 sialic acid receptors.
This adaptation is crucial for the virus's potential to spread between humans.
The virus is evolving.
#H5N1
This adaptation is crucial for the virus's potential to spread between humans.
The virus is evolving.
#H5N1
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the fact that this is a thing which needs to be explained and is not just... intuitively understood by policymakers or indeed people write large is a problem that I think I'm going to have to start to tackle.
4. All power generation technology requires upstream mining to make stuff that then lasts for decades without requiring any additional mining. Only fossil-fired plants require continues mining and upstream pollution on a 24/7, continuous basis as long as the generator is operating.
November 17, 2024 at 4:56 PM
the fact that this is a thing which needs to be explained and is not just... intuitively understood by policymakers or indeed people write large is a problem that I think I'm going to have to start to tackle.
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Step 1: Elon takes over Twitter, unbans and amplifies the worst white nationalist posters, methodically turns it into a right wing echo chamber.
Step 2: Users who aren’t white nationalists or MAGA extremists leave for Bluesky en masse.
Step 3: op-ed columnists fret, “is Bluesky an echo chamber?”
Step 2: Users who aren’t white nationalists or MAGA extremists leave for Bluesky en masse.
Step 3: op-ed columnists fret, “is Bluesky an echo chamber?”
November 16, 2024 at 8:04 PM
Step 1: Elon takes over Twitter, unbans and amplifies the worst white nationalist posters, methodically turns it into a right wing echo chamber.
Step 2: Users who aren’t white nationalists or MAGA extremists leave for Bluesky en masse.
Step 3: op-ed columnists fret, “is Bluesky an echo chamber?”
Step 2: Users who aren’t white nationalists or MAGA extremists leave for Bluesky en masse.
Step 3: op-ed columnists fret, “is Bluesky an echo chamber?”
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Of course it did.
Remember how often we were told that any algorithmic boosting of content Republicans didn't like had to be illegal?
Remember how often we were told that any algorithmic boosting of content Republicans didn't like had to be illegal?
1/ X's algorithm was changed in mid-July 2024 to systematically boost Republican-leaning accounts and Elon Musk's own account following his endorsement of Donald Trump, according to a newly released computational study of engagement from the Queensland University of Technology.⬇️
November 16, 2024 at 11:58 PM
Of course it did.
Remember how often we were told that any algorithmic boosting of content Republicans didn't like had to be illegal?
Remember how often we were told that any algorithmic boosting of content Republicans didn't like had to be illegal?
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As a GenXer I am embarrassed for my generation
November 17, 2024 at 5:46 PM
As a GenXer I am embarrassed for my generation
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I, for one, think the director of national intelligence should have to do a background check
www.cnn.com/2024/11/15/p...
www.cnn.com/2024/11/15/p...
Trump’s team skips FBI background checks for some Cabinet picks | CNN Politics
President-elect Donald Trump’s transition team is bypassing traditional FBI background checks for at least some of his Cabinet picks while using private companies to conduct vetting of potential candi...
www.cnn.com
November 15, 2024 at 10:10 PM
I, for one, think the director of national intelligence should have to do a background check
www.cnn.com/2024/11/15/p...
www.cnn.com/2024/11/15/p...
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You can't understand this election without grappling with the penetration of right-wing propaganda into every corner of American intellectual life.
The idea that Democrats use this phrase or levy the term against innocent, ordinary male behavior is a Fox News myth.
The idea that Democrats use this phrase or levy the term against innocent, ordinary male behavior is a Fox News myth.
November 7, 2024 at 1:49 PM
You can't understand this election without grappling with the penetration of right-wing propaganda into every corner of American intellectual life.
The idea that Democrats use this phrase or levy the term against innocent, ordinary male behavior is a Fox News myth.
The idea that Democrats use this phrase or levy the term against innocent, ordinary male behavior is a Fox News myth.
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Big tent, baby
Arnold Schwarzenegger, the actor and former Republican governor of California, said on X that he will for vote the Democratic ticket despite disagreeing with many of Vice President Kamala Harris’s policies.
Arnold Schwarzenegger says he’ll reluctantly vote for Kamala Harris
The actor and former Republican governor of California said on X that he will vote for the Democratic ticket despite disagreeing with many of Harris’s policies.
www.washingtonpost.com
October 30, 2024 at 4:35 PM
Big tent, baby
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Not always a fan of the late night hosts, but interesting to see Kimmel do his opening monologue specifically for Trump supporters, just laying out a sampling of the batshit crazy things Trump says. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oy0z...
A Special Monologue for the Republican in Your Life
YouTube video by Jimmy Kimmel Live
www.youtube.com
October 30, 2024 at 6:29 AM
Not always a fan of the late night hosts, but interesting to see Kimmel do his opening monologue specifically for Trump supporters, just laying out a sampling of the batshit crazy things Trump says. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oy0z...
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Austin cop who was suspended for racist comments later resigned after working while drunk. The supervisor who waited to report him was also suspended.
Austin Cop Suspended for Racist Comments Later Resigned After Working While Drunk
The supervisor who waited to report him was also suspended
www.austinchronicle.com
October 30, 2024 at 4:37 PM
Austin cop who was suspended for racist comments later resigned after working while drunk. The supervisor who waited to report him was also suspended.
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Coinbase’s Chief Legal Officer Paul Grewal has now replied with a threat:
October 31, 2024 at 12:22 AM
Coinbase’s Chief Legal Officer Paul Grewal has now replied with a threat:
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Truly these are fans for the Trump era: just proudly, unapologetically shitty people.
October 31, 2024 at 2:35 AM
Truly these are fans for the Trump era: just proudly, unapologetically shitty people.
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Two things:
1. everyone involved in this scheme should go to jail while also losing an enormous lawsuit to the canvassers
2. winning campaigns do not have to kidnap and abuse people to get them to knock on doors
1. everyone involved in this scheme should go to jail while also losing an enormous lawsuit to the canvassers
2. winning campaigns do not have to kidnap and abuse people to get them to knock on doors
October 30, 2024 at 10:28 PM
Two things:
1. everyone involved in this scheme should go to jail while also losing an enormous lawsuit to the canvassers
2. winning campaigns do not have to kidnap and abuse people to get them to knock on doors
1. everyone involved in this scheme should go to jail while also losing an enormous lawsuit to the canvassers
2. winning campaigns do not have to kidnap and abuse people to get them to knock on doors
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I'm watching Kimmel's monologue and it might be among the most effective tools for the somehow still undecided.
Recaps a lot of stuff and makes it clear why it's all so stupid form a behavior and character perspective. Could be worth a share.
youtu.be/Oy0zq8YzY9w
Recaps a lot of stuff and makes it clear why it's all so stupid form a behavior and character perspective. Could be worth a share.
youtu.be/Oy0zq8YzY9w
A Special Monologue for the Republican in Your Life
YouTube video by Jimmy Kimmel Live
youtu.be
October 30, 2024 at 4:18 AM
I'm watching Kimmel's monologue and it might be among the most effective tools for the somehow still undecided.
Recaps a lot of stuff and makes it clear why it's all so stupid form a behavior and character perspective. Could be worth a share.
youtu.be/Oy0zq8YzY9w
Recaps a lot of stuff and makes it clear why it's all so stupid form a behavior and character perspective. Could be worth a share.
youtu.be/Oy0zq8YzY9w
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What a paragraph.
While it's good to put the two back to back to contrast it, it might be worth using that contrast to directly point out that Vance doesn't believe one bit of his victimization theater nonsense.
While it's good to put the two back to back to contrast it, it might be worth using that contrast to directly point out that Vance doesn't believe one bit of his victimization theater nonsense.
October 30, 2024 at 4:00 AM
What a paragraph.
While it's good to put the two back to back to contrast it, it might be worth using that contrast to directly point out that Vance doesn't believe one bit of his victimization theater nonsense.
While it's good to put the two back to back to contrast it, it might be worth using that contrast to directly point out that Vance doesn't believe one bit of his victimization theater nonsense.
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another success for republican social policy www.propublica.org/article/joss...
A Texas Woman Died After Waiting 40 Hours for Miscarriage Care
Josseli Barnica is one of at least two pregnant Texas women who died after doctors delayed emergency care. She’d told her husband that the medical team said it couldn’t act until the fetal heartbeat s...
www.propublica.org
October 30, 2024 at 11:03 AM
another success for republican social policy www.propublica.org/article/joss...
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So much craziness that it’s blurred the context, but it’s important to recognize that nothing like this has ever happened before.
Former top national security officials have never spoken out about the president they served under, calling him dangerous and unfit.
There’s no past example even close.
Former top national security officials have never spoken out about the president they served under, calling him dangerous and unfit.
There’s no past example even close.
A staggering compilation
Once Top Advisers to Trump, They Now Call Him ‘Liar,’ ‘Fascist’ and ‘Unfit’
Many of those who served in Trump’s administration — especially his generals, ambassadors and other national security officials — have since turned on Mr. Trump.
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Once Top Advisers to Trump, They Now Call Him ‘Liar,’ ‘Fascist’ and ‘Unfit’
Many of those who served in Trump’s administration — especially his generals, ambassadors and other national security officials — have since turned on Mr. Trump.
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Former Donald Trump Administration Officials Call Him a ‘Liar’ and ‘Fascist’
Some of the strongest criticisms of former President Donald J. Trump have come from those who knew him as commander in chief.
www.nytimes.com
October 30, 2024 at 12:28 PM
So much craziness that it’s blurred the context, but it’s important to recognize that nothing like this has ever happened before.
Former top national security officials have never spoken out about the president they served under, calling him dangerous and unfit.
There’s no past example even close.
Former top national security officials have never spoken out about the president they served under, calling him dangerous and unfit.
There’s no past example even close.