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Coach Finstock @coachfinstock.bsky.social · 3h

They're coming for Zohran

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 3h

Jonathan Choe to Trump: "Another group right now that is behind antifa and working with antifa very closely based on the research that we have right now that we're gonna give to you and your team are the Democratic Socialists of America."

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tinybaby @tiny.baby · 4h

ill make a new one of these when i get time. pointless to shut it down because im just going to make another one. whiny baby

Follow Tracker @for.shame.wtf · 4h

Some of you are blaming @jay.bsky.team or @bsky.app in general, or claiming that this is being forced by @moderation.bsky.app. That could not be further from the truth. I'm shutting it down of my own volition because some of you can't be trusted to use this information reasonably and responsibly.

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Corey Rayburn Yung @coreyryung.bsky.social · 7h

Americans are being far too complacent about masked government agents in unmarked vehicles grabbing people and taking them to unknown destinations.

unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 8h

(shared with permission) ICE/CBP has been active on Chicago's northwest side this morning—and also met with rapid responders.

Agents reportedly abducted one man from this Dunkin at Belmont and Milwaukee around 9:30am before speeding off.

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Manuel Herrick @manuel-herrick.bsky.social · 4h

This platform has been the absolute peak for slowly wtching people shut off tools because they worked as designed

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merriam 🇰🇳 @merriam.blacksky.app · 4h

So…who’s making the new version? It can’t be a that difficult. Fuck that guy, we move

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Matthew Sheffield @matthew.flux.community · 4h

🧵 Trump is criminally invading states under false pretenses. His supporters are trying to instigate violence by dressing as antifa and committing crimes.

In this clip from Portland, Joey Gibson of "Patriot Prayer" and his fiancée, Lindsey Nichols, tried to cause trouble before being forced away.

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Matthew Sheffield @matthew.flux.community · 4h

The very first riot after a George Floyd protest was started by a white supremacist nicknamed "Umbrella Man."

He spraypainted "free shit" on an AutoZone, broke the windows, and encouraged others to come in. abcnews.go.com/amp/US/man-h...

Man who helped ignite George Floyd riots identified as white supremacist: Police

A masked umbrella-wielding man helped incite riots and looting in the immediate aftermath of George Floyd's death, police said.

abcnews.go.com

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merriam 🇰🇳 @merriam.blacksky.app · 4h

The sad part is those studios do damn good work when they’re allowed to, Ubisoft Montreal especially

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merriam 🇰🇳 @merriam.blacksky.app · 4h

I preordered AC Shadows off the strength of the racist backlash to the promotion off the game pre-release. It’s not a perfect game but I was/am not disappointed at all, I still play it on NG+. I would have preordered this one too

merriam 🇰🇳 @merriam.blacksky.app · 4h

They are using barely revised Runaway Slave laws and COINTELPRO tactics to ensure that they have control over your womb

awkword @awkword.bsky.social · 10h

Cops used 83,000 cameras to track a single abortion patient — on her abuser’s tip.

Cops Used 83K Cameras to Track an Abortion Patient—on Her Abuser’s Tip

Turns out the cop was also an abuser

jessica.substack.com

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TAKA! TORA! BATTA! @sourcedumal.bsky.social · 4h

Not a single Black person participating in any of this bullshit should know peace. Roast them all.

They are not kinfolk and they should be exiled from community.

TresTiffany @trestiffany.bsky.social · 7h

“What’s your barber name?” is crazy 😂

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Gravy Crockett @bostonjerry.bsky.social · 8h

If Dems bravely stand up for what's RIGHT without fear of offending right-wing bigots who will never vote for them anyway, they inspire young/marginalized people who don't normally participate in politics to show up & vote. That's what Mamdani is doing, and he's the most popular Dem in the US today.

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Dandy CFO Antifa Inc. Farnsworth 🏳️‍🌈 @dandyfarnsworth.bsky.social · 14h

To all who are weathering the storm in war-ravaged Portland: a nation weeps and prays for you.

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Big Bad Booty Daddy @bamaslymm.blacksky.app · 4h

Keep in mind, they already released a game set during the Haitian Revolution where you killed slaveowners and freed slaves...

Stephen Totilo @stephentotilo.bsky.social · 5h

SCOOP: Last year, Ubisoft cancelled an Assassin's Creed game set during Reconstruction. Was to feature a Black Assassin who, among other things, fought the rise of the Klan

Sources: Leadership nixed it over concerns re: U.S. political climate, backlash to Yasuke

www.gamefile.news/p/scoop-ubis...

Scoop: Ubisoft cancelled a post-Civil War Assassin’s Creed last year

Company leadership deemed the project too controversial for the moment, sources tell Game File

www.gamefile.news

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merriam 🇰🇳 @merriam.blacksky.app · 4h

And a DLC for ACIII (in 2012 btw) where you’re literally a Black American woman freeing slaves, and slaughtering slave owners and Loyalist (British collaborators) (Templars) in late 18th century Louisiana

Born to a wealthy French father and an African slave mother, Aveline is part of New Orleans' social elite, but despite her noble upbringing, she has secretly dedicated herself to freeing oppressed slaves, as well as eradicating Templar presence in the city.

Aveline's story spans twelve years of her life, from 1765 to 1777, and takes place alongside the events of Assassin's Creed III.

Much of the game takes place within New Orleans and the bayou that surrounds it, although also includes locations connected to the Seven Years' War and the American Revolutionary War.

Liberation incorporates several elements from American history into its plot, like the tragic mulattos, the anti-miscegenation laws in the United States, the back-to-Africa movement, and education during the Slave Period.

Similarly to other games in the series, it also features a number of historical characters, including Jean-Jacques Blaise d'Abbadie, Antonio de Ulloa, François Mackandal, and Gilbert Antoine de Saint-Maxent.

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Jack Tripper @chadstanton.blacksky.app · 4h

Many require college degrees, and Diallo was killed in ‘99, I don’t think these are the source of the issues.

Kell @citizenkell.bsky.social · 4h

Yeah, we've been hiring really stupid cops since 9/11- and yeah, it was on purpose.

To get cops in place who would one day abuse us on command.

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Slandered @slandered.bsky.social · 5h

Mafia 3 sold 7 million copies and had the highest sales in the entire series. For comparison, Mafia: The Old Country sold 800K in it's first week while Mafia 3 sold 4.5 million.

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merriam 🇰🇳 @merriam.blacksky.app · 4h

Wow. What a fucking shame. The support that game would have gotten from the community would have fed generations. Look at Mafia III

Stephen Totilo @stephentotilo.bsky.social · 5h

SCOOP: Last year, Ubisoft cancelled an Assassin's Creed game set during Reconstruction. Was to feature a Black Assassin who, among other things, fought the rise of the Klan

Sources: Leadership nixed it over concerns re: U.S. political climate, backlash to Yasuke

www.gamefile.news/p/scoop-ubis...

Scoop: Ubisoft cancelled a post-Civil War Assassin’s Creed last year

Company leadership deemed the project too controversial for the moment, sources tell Game File

www.gamefile.news

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ʜᴀᴄᴋᴀʀʏ ʙɪɴx @chaclo.blacksky.app · 4h

You’ll never guess how old they are without reading the article.

Erin Fogg says Free Link @criminalerin.bsky.social · 6h

Prisons never beating the slavery torture death camp allegations

Source: Texas prison officials refused to let inmate out of burning cell

Two former TDCJ employees are charged with manslaughter and criminally negligent homicide following an inmate's death in the Bill Clements unit near Amarillo, Texas

www.newschannel10.com

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illbleed for sego dreancas @impemboganecue.bsky.social · 5h

ICE blasted two of his people already, does he have holes in him too? Did he stand in front of them?

Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 6h

If you come for my people, you come through me.

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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 12h

The first episode of Collateral Damage, my reported podcast with The Intercept, went up today.

Hope you’ll check it out and, if you enjoy it, give it a favorable rating or review.

Eternal thanks to my producers @lauraflynn.bsky.social and Andrew Stelzer for making it happen.

Ep. 1 Dirty Business: The Atlanta Narcotics Unit’s Deadly Raid on 92-year-old Kathryn Johnston.

Podcast Episode · Collateral Damage from The Intercept · 10/08/2025 · 55m

podcasts.apple.com

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princehak33m.bsky.social @princehak33m.bsky.social · 5h

Escaping from a prison in New Orleans and hiding out in Atlanta seems very short sighted 😭

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Eric Haywood @erichaywood.bsky.social · 6h

None of these immigration enforcement goons should ever know a moment's peace but Black folks roasting a Black HSI agent's haircut right in front of his white coworkers is a special little slice of heaven

TresTiffany @trestiffany.bsky.social · 7h

“What’s your barber name?” is crazy 😂

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Rudy wants revolution. @rude1.blacksky.team · 1d

While not at all trivial to do, Blacksky is in the fortunate position to have the technical talent and money in the bank to make this a trivial decision to do this week

This is different from our community.blacksky.* API which is going on hold (less Barnes & Nobles, more invite-only Book Club) 8/11

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Rudy wants revolution. @rude1.blacksky.team · 1d

I've been radio silent because I'm in the process of standing up an app.bsky.* API server (aka app-view aka Barnes & Nobles). This is an expensive and time intensive operation that I didn't want to do until it was necessary.
It's a fail-safe not a differentiator in experience, but important 7/11

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