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Rua M. Williams @fractalecho.bsky.social · 4h

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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Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 3h

A must read.

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Rua M. Williams @fractalecho.bsky.social · 4h

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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Liz Jackson @lizjackson.bsky.social · 7h

well done

Jimmy Kimmel Live @jimmykimmellive.bsky.social · 7h

Did Trump write the infamous Epstein birthday letter? You decide.

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More Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 11h

Microsoft has withdrawn its proposal for a data center in a Milwaukee suburbs after community pushback.

After opposition from area residents and elected officials the 244 acre Caledonia project will not proceed.

Microsoft drops Caledonia data center after facing opposition. Company looking for new site

Outcry from residents and elected officials caused Microsoft to drop the Caledonia plan. But the company is seeking an alternative site.

www.jsonline.com

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 15h

#WarRavagedPortland

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Liz Jackson @lizjackson.bsky.social · 17h

ughhh

Adam Weinstein @adamweinstein.bsky.social · 1d

the Judge Curse. calling it now

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Emissary Of Night | ليلى @diplomatofnight.com · 1d

i don't care

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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Liz Jackson @lizjackson.bsky.social · 2d

he's going to pardon both to own the libs, whatever that means

Reuters @reuters.com · 2d

Trump says he will talk to DOJ about Maxwell pardon, says Diddy asked for one reut.rs/4o8EWG5

Trump says he will talk to DOJ about Maxwell pardon, says Diddy asked for one

U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday left the door open to a pardon for Ghislaine Maxwell, who was convicted of helping the late financier and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein sexually abuse teenage girls.

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Scary Werewolf Bar Kochba @dickius.bsky.social · 3d

Wow, it must be terrible being told that you can’t use the bathroom.

'Very difficult situation': Kristi Noem whines locals not letting ICE agents use restrooms

Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem complained that her agents were not being permitted to use restrooms in Chicago because of opposition from residents.During a Sunday interview on ...

www.rawstory.com

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Anodyne @anodynesix.bsky.social · 5d

"Landlords are also well-aware of the leverage that debt gives them over tenants. The American Apartment Owners Association (AAOA), a national trade group, advertises ... collection services on its website with a description of how debt reporting can stop tenants from finding a new place to live."

In These Times @inthesetimes.com · 5d

🔥Tenants are striking—not against rent, but against rent debt.

Former residents of corporate giant Equity Residential say bogus fees + predatory practices left them owing thousands they don’t actually owe.

These Tenants Are Going on Strike Against ‘Rent Debt’

A new kind of tenants union is ramping up the pressure on corporate landlords.

inthesetimes.com

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IwillNeverBeSilent @ctraveler.bsky.social · 5d

Cranford, New Jersey influencer Vincent P. Battiloro runs down two teen girls because of a Charlie Kirk repost and then live streams his confession. Isabella Salas and Maria Niotis pronounced DOA.

A restraining order had been in force for months against Battiloro prior

www.nj.com/union/2025/1...

Who is Vincent P. Battiloro? What we know about YouTuber charged with running down 2 N.J. girls

The family of one victim says Battiloro — who has a following on YouTube and TikTok as a gamer — was stalking the Cranford girl for months.

www.nj.com

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Ashlee @ashleemboyer.com · 4d

Genuine question, if anyone has seen it answered — Why isn’t this a website which can be bookmarked and saved to home screens?

404 Media @404media.co · 5d

ICEBlock Owner After Apple Removes App: ‘We Are Determined to Fight This’

🔗 www.404media.co/iceblock-own...

ICEBlock Owner After Apple Removes App: ‘We Are Determined to Fight This’

Apple removed ICEBlock reportedly after direct pressure from Department of Justice officials. “I am incredibly disappointed by Apple's actions today. Capitulating to an authoritarian regime is never t...

www.404media.co

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Deadbeat Bat Dad @dbeatcatdad.bsky.social · 4d

They'll deny it on the open internet, laugh about it on telegram.

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Nathan Kalman-Lamb @nkalamb.bsky.social · 4d

This is so fucking sadistic. I’d like to hear the hasbara merchants try to defend this most recent depravity.

According to Turkish activist and Global Sumud Flotilla participant Ersin Celik, who was recently released :

“They dragged little Greta Thunberg by her hair before our eyes, beat her, and forced her to kiss the Israeli flag. They did everything imaginable to her, as a warning to others.”

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jon ben-menachem @jbenmenachem.com · 4d

The Communist Party is a big reason why we ever had organized labor at all. Anti-Communism won, and we are still suffering the consequences libcom.org/article/unem...

The unemployed workers’ movement - Frances Fox Piven and Richard Cloward

Frances Fox Piven and Richard Cloward give a detailed account and analysis of the militant movement of unemployed American workers during the Great Depression, how it developed and how it was recupera...

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Liz Jackson @lizjackson.bsky.social · 4d

Fallon’s gonna ruffle his grays in 4 years and 3 months

Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 5d

NEW YORK (AP) — Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs sentenced to 4 years and 2 months in prison in case involving sex workers, violence and ‘freak-offs’.

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Reality Winner @reazlepuff.bsky.social · 5d

What the fuck do you mean I got a longer prison sentence than Diddy

Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 5d

NEW YORK (AP) — Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs sentenced to 4 years and 2 months in prison in case involving sex workers, violence and ‘freak-offs’.

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Eric Reinhart @eric-reinhart.com · 5d

ICE just blatantly violated the law and arrested sitting Chicago Alderperson Jessie Fuentes while seeking to illegally arrest a patient in a hospital. Fuck these fascists.

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Joshua Holland @joshuaholland.bsky.social · 5d

It’s been right around 30 days since his last disappearance. I wonder what kind of infusion or treatment that might be consistent with?

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 5d

Trump has not been seen in public since Tuesday and has no public events on his calendar today

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BirdEnvier✨ @roshinotabi.bsky.social · 5d

Is it just impossible to run a social media site without werewolfing into Elon Musk or something

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404 Media @404media.co · 6d

New: Apple just removed ICEBlock, the app for reporting sightings of ICE, from its App Store after DOJ pressure. ICEBlock's developer tells 404 Media "we are determined to fight this."

"Capitulating to an authoritarian regime is never the right move."

www.404media.co/iceblock-own...

ICEBlock Owner After Apple Removes App: ‘We Are Determined to Fight This’

Apple removed ICEBlock reportedly after direct pressure from Department of Justice officials. “I am incredibly disappointed by Apple's actions today. Capitulating to an authoritarian regime is never t...

www.404media.co

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darth™️ @darthbluesky.bsky.social · 5d

former spirtual advisor to jeffrey epstein's best friend donald trump

Nikki @varivergirl.bsky.social · 6d

Robert Morris, Texas megachurch pastor, pleads guilty to sexually abusing a child www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...

Robert Morris, Texas megachurch pastor, pleads guilty to sexually abusing a child

Under a negotiated plea agreement, he was given a ten year sentence, but he will only serve six months of that sentence.

www.nbcnews.com

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Sarah Blahovec @sblahov.bsky.social · 6d

"We have a duty to shed light on the plight of Palestinians with disabilities and demand that those responsible for crimes against them are held responsible."

www.huffpost.com/entry/disabi...

The Dark Reality Of Living As A Disabled Person In A War Zone

"We have a duty to shed light on the plight of Palestinians with disabilities and demand that those responsible for crimes against them are held responsible."

www.huffpost.com

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Liz Jackson @lizjackson.bsky.social · 6d

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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 6d

BREAKING: The Global Sumud Flotilla says one vessel, Marinette, is “still sailing strong.” Over the last 24 hours, 21 boats were confirmed intercepted and 20 presumably intercepted.

🔴 LIVE updates: aje.io/qngd86

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cam beck @cam-utah.bsky.social · 6d

Normalize angry mobs running Nazis out of town

Queer Satanic @queersatanic.bsky.social · 6d

Wow, the University of Washington's Psych 201 class does *not* play

go fuckin Huskies

Nazi UW students fuck off

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