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Mez Breeze

@mezbreeze.bsky.social

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An OG digital artist/writer. Creates in Mezangelle: http://anthology.rhizome.org/mez-breeze. Permaculturalist. Designer + Developer. Blurrings + imaginings: https://mezbreezedesign.com + https://www.patreon.com/mezbreeze + https://mezbreeze.itch.io/

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Mez Breeze @mezbreeze.bsky.social · Nov 13

So I've just made this Starter Pack of #electronicliterature and digital narrative peeps: there's more of you out there that need adding, so please don't be shy in letting me know who you are [maybe you have suggestions @eliterature.bsky.social, @samplereality.bsky.social, @elikaortega.bsky.social]?

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Jameel Jaffer @jameeljaffer.bsky.social · 2d

It's a pretty big deal that the NYC Bar Association--one of the most prominent and respected bar associations in the country--is accusing the President of ordering the "unlawful summary execution," i.e. murder--of civilians in violation of US and international law. www.nycbar.org/press-releas...

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Aunty Em @everycourthouse.bsky.social · 2d

A FB friend of mine posted this about her aunt. I shared her quote here, there was more to her quote but I didn’t have room to fit it all in. It is now being reported by the media too. www.oregonlive.com/politics/202...

Federal agents knock down elderly couple during Portland protest

An 84-year-old said she sustained a concussion and was hit with a projectile after she and her husband, a Vietnam vet, were knocked down by federal officers.

www.oregonlive.com

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Eileen Clancy 🧿 @clancyny.bsky.social · 2d

"[Bodycam] video shows an agent turn federal vehicle left into Martinez’s vehicle, after which an agent says, 'Do something b----.' The agent then exits the vehicle and shoots at Martinez.

[Her lawyer] Parente said Martinez has 'seven holes' in her from the shooting."

Govt didn't show that video.

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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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 2d

But I thought if you smeared someone and they were then the victim of violence, that meant you had to be fired from your job.

Or does Fox News only think that applies to teachers?

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Global Sanctuary for Elephants @globalelephants.org · 5d

Elephants are a keystone species, shaping ecosystems by dispersing seeds and clearing land for new growth. 🌱 A new study shows African elephants play a vital role in sustaining ebony trees—without them, forests and climate suffer. Read more: globalelephants.org/elefact-frid...
Photo of Rana

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Mez Breeze @mezbreeze.bsky.social · 5d

"Have one sick sitch kiss another sick sitch and you’ve begun." = *chef's kiss*

Mez Breeze @mezbreeze.bsky.social · 5d

"But to specify a logic for the formation of Breeze’s texts more precisely would, it seems, be to cancel the play..." = spot on @seanbpryor.bsky.social.

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Sean Pryor @seanbpryor.bsky.social · 7d

Here's a new essay I wrote for the Sydney Review of Books, on poetry and computer code in a work by @mezbreeze.bsky.social. With thanks to James Jiang for giving the essay what shape it has. I hope you like it: it's supposed to be fun!

sydneyreviewofbooks.com/essays/on-eq...

On Equivalence | Sydney Review of Books

Ten years ago, Mez Breeze published ‘\oriGaM[e,]i[,+ U]/’ online. Sean Pryor revisits this work in the context of Breeze’s experiments mixing code and poetry. Can literary-critical tools help close th...

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womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 9d

Suzi Eszterhas, award-winning wildlife photographer known for documenting animal family groups #WomensArt

Monochrome photograph featuring a sloth hanging upside-down in a tree whole carrying a sloth baby viewed from the front

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Martha 🥄 near Seattle @marthawt.bsky.social · 10d

This gross incompetence is like a metaphor for the entire Trump Badministration.

Roger Parloff @rparloff.bsky.social · 10d

US Magistrate Judge Vaala trying to untangle Lindsey Halligan's first adventure in indicting someone:

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Lauren Ashley Davis @laurenmeidasa.bsky.social · 14d

BREAKING 🚨 🚨 🚨

Federal judge in Rhode Island has declared that President Trump's policy of requiring states to cooperate with ICE as a condition of receiving disaster relief from the Federal Emergency Management Agency is illegal and unconstitutional.

www.rawstory.com/trump-court-...

Judge attacks Supreme Court for bending to Trump as he knocks back immigration order

A federal judge in Rhode Island has declared that President Donald Trump's policy of requiring states to cooperate with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement as a condition of receiving disaster re...

www.rawstory.com

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Kye @gxldsociety.bsky.social · Sep 7

BREAKING: In Chicago, Illinois—U.S. citizens protesting ICE were dragged into vans by masked federal agents with no badges and no warrants.

People screamed: “Who are you? Where are you taking them?”

This is authoritarian control in real time.

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Elise Wang @elisewang.bsky.social · Jul 3

He proposes releasing some ICE prisoners to labor on farms where the employers will “own them” and be responsible for them.

Historians have spent decades meticulously proving the straight line between slavery and modern capitalism’s concept of the laborer—or we could just let them say it.

Step and fetch @fetchstep.bsky.social · Jul 3

The camp is to filter out workers for Trumps new Slavery policy where he sells them to businesses.
He says so in this video
Make Americans Slaves Again

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Rosanna McGlone @rosannamcglone.bsky.social · Sep 6

Here are some #Bluesky poets whose work I have/will explore with my students this year. Important to support living poets 🤩 🤩 🤩 @helenlaycock.bsky.social @thepaulconnolly.bsky.social @johnadlam.bsky.social @jamesmcconachie1.bsky.social @hool415.bsky.social #poetrysky ##poetrycommunity #poetry

a pencil with the words trs poetry on it

Alt: a pencil with the words trs poetry on it

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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · Sep 6

Attack on site sacred to Aboriginal community followed an anti-immigration rally in Melbourne city.

Australian neo-Nazi attack on sacred Indigenous site a worrying trend

Attack on site sacred to Aboriginal community followed an anti-immigration rally in Melbourne city.

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Bruce Sterling @bruces @bruces.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · Sep 6

“This is the first time I see a threat actor use training AI models as part of their extortion tactic"

https://www.404media.co/hackers-threaten-to-submit-artists-data-to-ai-models-if-art-site-doesnt-pay-up/

Hackers Threaten to Submit Artists' Data to AI Models If Art Site Doesn't Pay Up

Artists&Clients, a website for connecting artists with gigs, is down after a group called LunaLock threatened to feed their data to AI datasets.

www.404media.co

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Daniel James @mrdtjames.bsky.social · Sep 6

Jacinta Parsons on the fall of another literary institution- Meanjin.

The day the music died

The death of an institution

www.thespencerstreetend.com.au

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WholesomeMemes @wholesomememe.bsky.social · Sep 3

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Der Führer hat immer recht! 🇺🇦 @grrlscientist.bsky.social · Sep 1

Caribbean Parrots Are Remnants Of A Millennial Scale Extinction

#SciComm🧪 by @grrlscientist.bsky.social

#parrots🦜 #ornithology🪶 #birds🦉 #extinction #caribbean grrlscientist.substack.com/p/caribbean-...

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Craig @thecraigmancometh.bsky.social · Sep 1

Tree cluster in morning light

#photography #NaturePhotography #landscape #stumpylake

A cluster of trees rise from the still, dark water. Golden light brings out the texture of leaves and buttressed trunks. Bright green and yellow foliage reflects vividly on the water's surface. The lit trees stand before a shadowed background of trees on a shore.

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Mark Morrison @markmwrites.bsky.social · Aug 20

Australian film fans, music fans, and film music fans, Rage will be repeating their At the Movies special with Margaret & David this Friday night at 11:40pm on ABC TV.

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Marie Le Conte @youngvulgarian.marieleconte.com · Aug 19

you rarely encounter a perfect intro..........but when you do

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Andrew Couts @couts.bsky.social · Aug 20

🚨Journalism job alert🚨

We're hiring an investigative reporter to join my team at @wired.com. We're looking for someone who has both traditional and non-traditional reporting skills (coding/data work/OSINT, etc). Fit the bill? Come work with me! condenast.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/CondeCareers...

Senior Writer, Investigations

WIRED is where a better future is imagined. For three decades, we have been the indispensable guide to a world in constant transformation. We cover humanity’s biggest challenges, from climate change t...

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Robert Downen @robertdownen.bsky.social · Aug 20

BREAKING: Texas House votes 88-52 to pass new gerrymandered map.

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𝕍∃, Cyber closed shell syndrome relief fund coordinator @vortexegg.com · Aug 20

Everything web 2.0 and social media aren’t actually tech products. They are forms of political and social engineering carried out on top of digital signal processing platforms.

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