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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 16h

ICE is not only chasing down every random brown person in Chicago, they have a cameraman following them to film this for social media. Cruelty and inhumanity as content.

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Rascal News @rascal.news · 17h

Day one of @kickstarterunited.org's ongoing strike saw elected officials and union leaders show up in the streets of NYC to support workers.

Kickstarter United strikes in New York City for fairer contract

The workers were joined on day one by elected officials and various union leaders.

www.rascal.news

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Michael Scott @m152.bsky.social · 16h

Doesn't Musk have some kind of plan to move rich dipshits to Mars? This it the only thing of his I fully support. Like, right now.

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Michael Scott @m152.bsky.social · 21h

Journalists: if you're asking questions like "Is it legal for Trump to blow up random boats?" "Is Portland a hellscape?" and so on, the answer is N O. There are no two sides here. #no #itsoktostatefacts #youareabigpartoftheproblem

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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 7d

But also we’re terrified of the subway

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 7d

Stephen Miller: "All that bullshit is done, over, it's finished. The gangbangers you deal with- they think they're ruthless? They have no idea how ruthless we are. They think they're tough? They have no idea how tough we are. They think they're hardcore? We are so much more hardcore than they are"

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Duke University Press @dukepress.bsky.social · 7d

Check out the list of terrific #NewBooks we're releasing this month, including "Archival Irruptions," by Katharine Gerbner @ktgerbs.bsky.social: buff.ly/oH4sMaj

Cover of Archival Irruptions: Constructing Religion and Criminalizing Obeah in Eighteenth-Century Jamaica by Katharine Gerbner. Features an image of an old handwritten ledger or registry page with rows and columns filled with cursive names and annotations and what appears to be an ink smudge at the bottom. The title is overlaid in large black serif font with the subtitle below in smaller black text and the author's name is at the bottom. A vertical red stripe runs along the left edge of the cover.

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Michael Scott @m152.bsky.social · 7d

www.404media.co/ice-to-buy-t...

ICE to Buy Tool that Tracks Locations of Hundreds of Millions of Phones Every Day

Documents show that ICE has gone back on its decision to not use location data remotely harvested from peoples' phones. The database is updated every day with billions of pieces of location data.

www.404media.co

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rahaeli @rahaeli.bsky.social · 8d

Hey remember when the CDC dropped 6 of the 8 foodborne illnesses from the nationwide monitoring system in July and one of them was listeria? Mentioning for no particular reason www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...

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Lynn Sacco @urbanexile.bsky.social · 8d

I never hear the Ezras lecturing MAGAs about how they should find common ground with anyone. Nor do they scold the right daily about calling others 'enemies' or worse. Only the left is scolded, it's exhausting and useless.

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Michael Scott @m152.bsky.social · 8d

I chose to work in higher ed partially because I naively thought that it could be a bit away from capitalism's dehumanization and bean counting. Dang, was I wrong.

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darth™️ @darthbluesky.bsky.social · 9d

why not opt-in? just ask permission first

if this is truly a positive feature then surely copyright holders will be happy to participate and have their work included if asked

just ask permission first

The Wall Street Journal @wsj.com · 9d

Exclusive: OpenAI is planning to release a new version of its Sora video generator, which creates videos featuring copyrighted material unless copyright holders opt out of having their work appear.

OpenAI’s New Sora Video Generator to Require Copyright Holders to Opt Out

Executives at the startup notified talent agencies and studios over the last week.

on.wsj.com

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Joe Wrote @joewrote.bsky.social · 10d

The retired Marine who shot three people in North Carolina accused "the U.S. Government was performing a genocide against straight men by the LGBQT Community" in a lawsuit filed last year.

Link to lawsuit: law.justia.com/cases/federa...

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Michael Scott @m152.bsky.social · 9d

Another strange and beautiful Neko Case song. My partner lost his stepfather yesterday, this album has been a comfort. youtu.be/9s4MtEDm11U?...

Neko Case - "Match-Lit" (Full Album Stream)

YouTube video by ANTI- Records

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David Corn @davidcorn.bsky.social · 9d

Is this all performative? Is it possible to have "good-faith negotiations" with someone who has essentially called for your annihilation?

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 9d

Jeffries: "We're headed into the meeting [with Trump] to have a good faith negotiation about landing the plane in a way that avoids a government shutdown but does not continue the Republican assault on the healthcare of the American people."

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Michael Scott @m152.bsky.social · 10d

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Teen Drama

YouTube video by Times New Viking - Topic

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Michael Scott @m152.bsky.social · 10d

Gift link. share.inquirer.com/W76SNb?utm_s...

What the Trump regime doesn’t want you to know about Dallas ICE shooting

The Trump regime's refusal to say the names of the Dallas ICE victims exposes the inhumanity of American fascism.

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digby @digby56.bsky.social · 11d

Nobody cares about the victims in the Dallas ICE shooting apparently. The first I've heard about one of them was on CNN today. He's fighting for his life in the hospital --- he was brought to the US when he was 13. He's 33 now. No criminal record.

I just don't know what to say anymore.

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Kevin Gannon (now a Moo Deng fan account) @thetattooedprof.bsky.social · 12d

What in the absolute FUCK. The only words I have right now are F-bombs.

Des Moines Public Schools Superintendent Ian Roberts detained by ICE agents

The superintendent of the largest school district in Iowa has been detained by federal immigration officials. Superintendent Ian Roberts of Des Moines Public Schools was detained Friday morning, accor...

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