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Karl Bode @karlbode.com · 1d

Finland starts teaching children how to spot unreliable narrators and propaganda in kindergarden

Lora Kolodny @lorak.bsky.social · 1d

I'll add something... we need media literacy education at levels never seen in the US to help here. With AI tools free and copyright or IP disrespected forever anyway, it's easy to make convincing deepfakes and mislead people.

Jonathan Ladd @jonmladd.bsky.social · 1d

In 2012, I published a book about the collapse in trust in the mainstream media. I argued that a widely trusted media establishment was probably incompatible with a polarized party system that is heavily sorted by ideology. /1 www.jonathanmladd.com/why-american...

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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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Kat Ferreira @katferreira.bsky.social · 1d

Like catholics learning The Inquisition. Multiple faiths lived in relative peace together in the Iberian peninsula prior to that genocide. We are taught about the Inquisition as proof of some long-standing religious opposition rather than proof of the thriving multicultural society that preceded it.

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Data & Society @datasociety.bsky.social · 1d

“The user interfaces on our devices have become less like tools and more like receptacles for collection,” @anthropunk.bsky.social writes. It’s a dynamic that “exploits our energy and labor.” www.fastcompany.com/91397818/lar...

LLMs are the users now

Tech companies have shifted focus from designing for people to prioritizing algorithms.

www.fastcompany.com

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Alex Brown 🇵🇸 (they/them) @bookjockeyalex.bsky.social · 1d

Not only is this ridiculous - one of my asthma triggers is pollution; reduce that and my inhaler use drops significantly - but it's also eugenics. Fascists love deciding that sick and disabled people are the real problem. Don't fall for this shit.

CNN @cnn.com · 2d

The people who are most vulnerable to the hard-to-breathe air that comes with climate change may inadvertently be adding to the problem, new research finds. https://cnn.it/4pWQMoh

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Esther Schindler @estherschindler.bsky.social · 2d

I just saw someone use the abbreviation “AI;DR” and I’ll be laughing for a while.

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Jason Koebler @jasonkoebler.bsky.social · 1d

Police said that "family" was worried about her. But the only family member mentioned in the court records is her partner, who was arrested for abusing her and threatening her at gunpoint the day she took the pills, after which she left. He is the one who called the cops

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 2d

“.. On closer inspection, however, it turned out that the image was not a photograph of a real event in Portland, but instead a fabrication created by combining two photographs of scenes that unfolded in South America nearly a decade apart ..”

@theguardian.com
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

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Karl Bode @karlbode.com · 1d

bluesky desperately needs a competent comms team

having random devs fling off the cuff retorts at pissed off trans folk ain't it

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NEH Union - AFGE L3403 @nehafge3403.bsky.social · 2d

The cuts at the National Endowment for the Humanities go far deeper than any of these agencies - almost 70% of 179 people were terminated, despite no change to the agency's budget.

There were no savings here - only idealogical destruction. #NEH

Conrad Hackett @conradhackett.bsky.social · 2d

How much smaller the federal workforce is now vs. a year ago
Ed Dept 42%
OPM 33%
HUD 31%
Treasury 29%
Defense (civilian jobs) 22%
Small Biz Admin 21%
Energy 20%
Interior 15%
HHS 14%
SSA 11%
EPA 10%
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

How Much Smaller Is the Federal Work Force? Shutdown Plans Offer a Clue.

The number of federal employees has been trimmed by thousands since President Trump took office, according to contingency plans drawn up by federal agencies.

www.nytimes.com

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Gillian Brockell @gbrockell.bsky.social · 2d

Claim: 10 cars rammed ICE
Truth: No cars rammed ICE

Claim: She boxed ICE in
Truth: ICE boxed her in

Claim: She shot a rifle at ICE
Truth: She did not have a rifle

Claim: ICE returned fire
Truth: Only ICE fired

Claim: She drove herself to the hospital
Truth: Paramedics found her

Chicago Sun-Times @chicago.suntimes.com · 2d

Body-camera video appears to contradict the government’s claim that Marimar Martinez, 30, drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her late Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorney claimed.
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Attorney for woman shot by Border Patrol claims officer said 'Do something b-----' before shooting

Body-camera video appears to contradict the government's claim that Marimar Martinez, 30, drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her late Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorney claimed. A judge ordered Martinez and a co-defendant released pending trial.

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Kat Ferreira @katferreira.bsky.social · 3d

We must protect Benito Antonio Martínez Ocasio at all costs.

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AmyAlexCA @amyalexca.bsky.social · 3d

This is Buried waaaay deep in today’s @sfchronicle.com BUT I’m glad it received coverage: see this Fun look at an important economic/cultural/historic commemoration that took place yesterday in #OaklandCA. www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/arti...

Black cowboys matter: Oakland parade and festival seek to preserve overlooked legacy

An Oakland parade and festival dating back a half-century serves as a reminder of the role of the Black cowboy in shaping the Old West.

www.sfchronicle.com

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Andrew Weinstein @andrewjweinstein.com · 3d

ICE admits that up to 50% of arrests in its Chicago raids are "collateral.” These aren't statistics. They are parents taken from their children, neighbors taken from our communities. When does a "collateral" U.S. citizen child's trauma matter? This isn't law enforcement; it's a campaign of terror.

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Micah @rincewind.run · 3d

this entire thing was so unnecessary

once again: hire a comms person and save your bitching about the userbase for the group chat

TechCrunch @techcrunch.com · 3d

A waffle-centric controversy underlines ongoing tensions between Bluesky and some of its most vocal users.

Waffles eat Bluesky | TechCrunch

A waffle-centric controversy underlines ongoing tensions between Bluesky and some of its most vocal users.

techcrunch.com

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s. eek smith 👻 @sesmith.lol · 3d

Gavin Newsom pulling a classic and supporting the surveillance state with this veto. Particularly delicious given his promise to be an abortion 'safe haven' since this tech is absolutely used to surveil people seeking abortion care.

Newsom just vetoed a bill to regulate license plate readers — even as fresh evidence of misuse emerges

The measure would have required regular purges of license plate databases and regularly audited how automated readers are used.

calmatters.org

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Sarah Lazare @sarahlazare.bsky.social · 3d

If Trump's deportation machine were an army, it would be the 13th largest on earth, ahead of Poland, Canada, Iran. The funding increase kicked in Oct 1, as federal agents unleash violence on the Chicago area, raiding communities and brutalizing protesters. By me & Lindsay Koshgarian, 📷 Steel Brooks.

The 13th Largest Army in World Is Unleashing Violence in Chicago

As federal agents kill and use extreme force in Chicago, their budget surges.

inthesetimes.com

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Danielle Froom 🏳️‍🌈 @danifroom.bsky.social · 3d

For 9 months we've been told the military won't willingly enjoin this fascist regime and for 9 months we've seen them holler and cheer for each and every authoritarian speech.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 3d

Trump to the Navy: "We have to take care of this little gnat that's on our shoulder called the Democrats."

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Molly Knight @mollyknight.bsky.social · 5d

Just confirmed I'm one of the author victims of the blood sucking company Anthropic that stole my book to train it's LLM. I filed a claim and it felt really good. If you're an author who may have been victimized, you can find out here:

secure.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com/lookup/?_gl=...

Submit a Claim

secure.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com

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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 5d

We are here because policing in the U.S. has been this way for generations. This is why ICE acts with impunity. They know they can act this way.

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darth™️ @darthbluesky.bsky.social · 5d

if there is one sad truism about online it is despite any reassurances they may give u companies are simply unable to protect anything you give them

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Kat Ferreira @katferreira.bsky.social · 5d

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Kat Ferreira @katferreira.bsky.social · 5d

Proud boys of summer 😎

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rax ‘levon honkers’ king @raxkingisdead.bsky.social · 5d

decentralized platforms! federation! user input! i’m here because i suffer from a cluster of character defects that force me to say stupid stuff all day long i’m not here because i know what any of that is lmao

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Jordan @jordanclock.bsky.social · 5d

They're all engineers trying to do PR and proving exactly why every other company doesn't let their engineers do that.

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