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Alex K. 🔆

@kafsofit.bsky.social

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🟡⚪️🟣⚫️ Posts en/in Spanglish: Justicia transformativa, acompañamiento psicosocial, protección holística y resiliencia digital. Transformative justice, psychosocial accompaniment, holistic safety, and digital resilience. @ comun.al / @ mnemozine.xyz

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Alex K. 🔆 @kafsofit.bsky.social · Jul 7

Gran parte de lo que tengo qué decir sobre lo que ha pasado/está pasando en 🇲🇽 con las reformas recientes, la CURP biométrica, bases de datos centralizadas y darle poder total al Estado por “seguridad” las escribí en “Violencia Digital en México: El Estado vs. La sociedad civil”. Recomiendo, la neta.

Tecnosolucionismo: obstrucción en el acceso a la justicia : Alex Argüelles : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive

Tecnosolucionismo: obstrucción en el acceso a la justicia fue escrito por Alex Argüelles. Es el capítulo 7 del libro Violencia Digital en México: El...

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Leah McElrath @leahmcelrath.bsky.social · 4h

Mark Bray wrote a book on antifascism and was trying to leave the country with his family after being targeted by right-wing operatives and receiving death threats:

Mark Bray @mark-bray.bsky.social · 5h

“Someone” cancelled my family’s flight out of the country at the last second.

We got our boarding passes. We checked our bags. Went through security. Then at our gate our reservation ‘disappeared.’

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Alex K. 🔆 @kafsofit.bsky.social · 1h

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Guardian Australia @australia.theguardian.com · 3h

4chan unlikely to be included in Australia’s under-16s social media ban, eSafety commissioner says

Julie Inman Grant says message board will need to comply with other codes which will also include age assurance for sites hosting violent and adult content * Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates * Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast The eSafety commissioner is not expected to block children from accessing 4chan as part of the under-16s social media ban, despite it being labelled one of the “darker” places on the internet. The eSafety commissioner, Julie Inman Grant, was asked by independent senator Fatima Payman in Senate estimates on Wednesday night whether 4chan, the message board often referred to as the engine room of the internet, would be considered one of the sites required to prevent under-16s when the social media ban comes into effect from 10 December. Continue reading...

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Chris 🎃 DevPods.gg gamedev community @chrisdeleon.bsky.social · 5h

Portland protestor frog costume: What are you trying to tell me? That I can dodge pepper balls?

Morpheus from Matrix movie: No, Frog. I'm trying to tell you that when you're ready, you won't have to.

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Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 3h

The fascists are saying that the first “antifa” groups go back to the Weimar Republic.

They say it like it’s bad.

There will always be people resisting fascism.

The people who resisted the rise of the Nazis were brave.

They fought for freedom, and many lost their lives.

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Its ruaa @itsmeio.bsky.social · 3h

Their truth will be exposed to the entire world once the hostages are released. For two years they lied, calling it “self-defense” and “rescuing hostages,” while in reality they carried out a cold-blooded genocide against an unarmed people.

Sheryl Weikal and the colorful Parrotlegals @leftistlawyer.com · 6h

It wasn't the genocide that freed the hostages.

It was a ceasefire deal.

Because the genocide was never about the hostages, no matter how much Netanyahu and his band of fucking fascists claim victory.

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David Blanchflower BSc @davidbflower.bsky.social · 8h

Waning Gibbous Moon. 2029UT 8 October 2025. 🔭 🧪 🎨 #astrophotography #SciArt #photography #StormHour #ThePhotoHour

The Moon at waning gibbous phase on a dark background.

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Rick Perlstein @rickperlstein.bsky.social · 1d

Whether with IQs of 300 or 30, all right-wingers are the same: "deep fear...Fear of death, fear of terrorism.'... a lack of trust and a craving for security... 'a need for protection...And if your main thing is seeking protection, you play with fire.'”

www.wired.com/story/the-re...

The Real Stakes, and Real Story, of Peter Thiel’s Antichrist Obsession

Thirty years ago, a peace-loving Austrian theologian spoke to Peter Thiel about the apocalyptic theories of Nazi jurist Carl Schmitt. They’ve been a road map for the billionaire ever since.

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Rua M. Williams @fractalecho.bsky.social · 7h

Disabling Intelligences: Legacies of Eugenics and How We are Wrong about AI is now available in physical form! link.springer.com/book/10.1007...

Cover of Disabling Intelligences, a dark pink book with orange vines.

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Alexander Baez Ubeira (he/him) @alexbaez.bsky.social · 5h

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Rua M. Williams @fractalecho.bsky.social · 7h

Disabling Intelligences: Legacies of Eugenics and How We are Wrong about AI is now available in physical form! link.springer.com/book/10.1007...

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Social Media Lab @socialmedialab.ca · 4h

"Everything is terrorism in Trump’s America. Identifying faceless ICE agents. Mutual aid for jailed protesters. Calling JD Vance a fascist. The war on ‘antifa’ is a war on free speech, and it’s just getting started." www.theverge.com/policy/79051...

Everything is terrorism in Trump’s America

But don’t call that fascism. That would be bad.

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It's Going Down @igd.bsky.social · 12h

Attorney says video shows 'CBP agent taunting her—“Do something, bitch” before "steering unmarked vehicle into hers and opening fire."

"“La Maggie” Martinez survived a federal shooting in #Chicago, [h]er attorney says body-cam footage shows agents provoked it." migrantinsider.com/p/chicago-la...

Chicago Latina Shot by Border Patrol Survives, Lawyers Up

“La Maggie” Martinez survived a federal shooting in Chicago. Now her attorney says body-cam footage shows the agents provoked it. The public deserves to see the tape.

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Carlos Aguilar @carlosfilm.bsky.social · 7h

Kiyoshi Kurosawa’s CLOUD is now streaming on @criterionchannl.bsky.social Back when it played theaters I wrote a piece for NYT on the philosophical questions and concerns that permeate his films: www.nytimes.com/2025/07/19/m...

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Alex K. 🔆 @kafsofit.bsky.social · 7h

Total, total. No es “normal” ni está chido ni debería “esperarse”. Te mando un abrazo fuerte.

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Media Action Plan @mediaactionplan.bsky.social · 1d

The documents used to smear Canadian journalist
@davidpugliese.bsky.social as a Russian operative were forensically reviewed and deemed "crafted with deliberate intent to deceive"

Former cabinet minister @calxandr.bsky.social needs to explain how & why he acquired them.

More: tinyurl.com/yc5n9tyt

Forged KGB Documents Used to Smear Journalist in Parliament | The Walrus

Ex-MP Chris Alexander accused David Pugliese of being a Russian spy. Forensic experts now say the evidence was fabricated

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Xun-ling Au 歐迅灵 🏴 @xunlingau.bsky.social · 9h

“I lost my son because of the funding cuts,” he says. “And it is not only me — many more children in other camps have also died helplessly from hunger, malnutrition and no medical treatment.” Taher - on the Thai-Myanmar border

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Alex K. 🔆 @kafsofit.bsky.social · 9h

Chale… Con todo y todo, qué bueno que no estuviste ahí cuando pasó. Sí es muy fuerte cómo se ha ido devastando todo, aunque siempre ha habido violencia creo que ahora la apatía/indiferencia refleja una sociedad acostumbrada/resignada a la crueldad y la “fragilidad” de la vida en estas condiciones.

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Alex K. 🔆 @kafsofit.bsky.social · 9h

Vengo a dejar un enfático +1

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Xun-ling Au 歐迅灵 🏴 @xunlingau.bsky.social · 9h

To mark a year since the formation of AIF Myanmar, AIF are doing another fundraising round to support their fight against the Junta in Myanmar.

AIF operate in Chin state alongside the Chin Resistance groups.

Details of the fundraiser:
www.instagram.com/p/DPjNJshD-aA/

Picrtured two AIF patches on in green and black the other in red yellow and black
The green one is $25 donation or $15 per month on Kofi
the red is $20 donation or $10 month on Kofi
Both is $40 or $20 month on Kofi

AIF Myanmar is donation address for paypal, cashapp, venmo

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Alberto Fittarelli @fittarelli.com · 6d

12/ Another tactic used by PRISONBREAK was the creation of fake content (and fake links) attributed to inexistent news reports, claiming that the outlets had removed them quickly after posting them. This echoed something we @citizenlab.ca had already seen as used… by Iran. Remember Endless Mayfly?

Burned After Reading: Endless Mayfly’s Ephemeral Disinformation Campaign - The Citizen Lab

Using Endless Mayfly as an illustration, this highlights the challenges of investigating & addressing disinformation from research & policy perspectives.

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Alberto Fittarelli @fittarelli.com · 6d

16/ Read @haaretzcom.bsky.social ‘s own investigation on PRISONBREAK and other influence operations with an Israeli nexus here.

Reporting by Gur Megiddo and Omer Benjakob.

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The Israeli influence operation in Iran pushing to reinstate the shah monarchy

Citizen Lab Found That an Online Network Pushed Out Deepfake Videos During Israel's Airstrikes on Tehran's Evin Prison. An Investigation by TheMarker and Haaretz Reveals the Persian-language Online Ca...

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Bex Ollerton @schnumn.bsky.social · 15h

#DVpit Graphic novel pitch:

VIOLAPSE explores the nuances of escaping a dangerous home when violence has become the new normal. Ultimately hopeful, VIOLAPSE is both an indictment and celebration of anger.

Genre: adult thriller/horror
More info: schnumn.com/violapse
Contact: [email protected]

A black and white comic page depicting a woman washing dishes in an eerie way with a bruised eye. The final panel reveals a man tied up at her feet.

An illustration of a red-haired woman holding up a sheet of paper that's burning.

A comic page showing a woman vomiting black tar into another woman's mouth

An illustration of a woman sat on a fancy couch in a dark room. She's looking creepily into the camera as if she's expected you

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shing yin khor @shing.bsky.social · 10h

Excited to announce that Geronimo Was A Beaver, my first puppet film with @jayackley.bsky.social will be making its big screen premiere as part of DOC LA's film festival!!

We're on Saturday 10/25 at 5pm as part of their short films block!

Tickets: filmfreeway.com/DOCLA/tickets

a image of a carved wooden beaver puppet, with DOC LA official selection laurels above it.

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Ron Deibert @rondeibert.bsky.social · 10h

NEW @citizenlab.ca report (10/02/25)

We uncovered a network of more than 50 inauthentic X profiles conducting an AI-enabled IO whose aim was to foment revolt in Iran We assess the Israeli gov, or a private contractor under its direction, is likely responsible
citizenlab.ca/2025/10/ai-e...

We Say You Want a Revolution: PRISONBREAK - An AI-Enabled Influence Operation Aimed at Overthrowing the Iranian Regime - The Citizen Lab

We investigate a coordinated network of inauthentic X accounts that is spreading AI-generated content to induce revolt in Iran. The network has been active since 2023, but increased activity during th...

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Charles Logan @charleswlogan.bsky.social · 10h

If teachers are told using AI technologies creates time to spend developing relationships with students, and the report’s findings suggest AI technologies undermine these vital relationships, then it seems to me resistance and refusal of AI technologies is the most caring response.

Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 14h

“One of the negative consequences AI is having on students is that it is hurting their ability to develop meaningful relationships with teachers, the report finds. Half of the students agree that using AI in class makes them feel less connected to their teachers.”

Rising Use of AI in Schools Comes With Big Downsides for Students

A report by the Center for Democracy and Technology looks at teachers' and students' experiences with the technology.

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California Fast Food Workers Union @cafastfoodunion.org · 11h

BREAKING: Burger King workers are on strike in Oakland due to pregnancy discrimination.

The store cut our coworker’s hours because she is pregnant and asked for accommodations to ensure a safe pregnancy. 🧵

#UnionsForAll

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