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Kathrin @puzzledpeaces.bsky.social · 2h

I should be asleep.

My brain, instead: "Actually, we should rewatch Babylon 5 🙂 Let me give you an extensive mental highlight reel. And opinions. And that music. And quotes. Remember your favourite quo-

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Kathrin @puzzledpeaces.bsky.social · 2h

Aber Schweigen stärkt das Framing, dass er nur eingestanden hat um den ungerechten und belastenden Prozess zu beenden.

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Kathrin @puzzledpeaces.bsky.social · 2h

Wobei - nein. Ich sollte genauer sein. Das ist schon klares Messaging: Begingungslose Rückendeckung für nützliche Freunde, solange sie nützlich bleiben. Weniger als ein zuckendes Ohrwaschl für die, die im Weg stehen.

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Kathrin @puzzledpeaces.bsky.social · 3h

Bin mir echt nimmer sicher.

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Imani Gandy Corn 🎃 @angryblacklady.blacksky.app · 3h

Dolly Parton has been a good person all her life. She does so many kind things for people. Compare that to someone like JK Rowling who wakes up every day and decides to be an absolute asshole.

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Kathrin @puzzledpeaces.bsky.social · 3h

Ich glaub du setzt die Annahme voraus, dass denen nicht scheißegal ist, wie sie mit Menschen umgehen.

Auch Basti Kurz sieht bei sich garantiert höchstens *strategische* Fehler, keine ethischen.

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Kathrin @puzzledpeaces.bsky.social · 4h

Aber wenn man Glück hat sind sie wenigstens in ehemaligem Dinosaurierfleisch eingeschweißt? Das zählt, find ich.

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Drew Harwell @drewharwell.com · 4h

How to tell a video is AI

www.tiktok.com/@drewharwell
www.instagram.com/bydrewharwell/

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Dr. Damien P. Williams Wants A Better Sociotechnical Paradigm @wolvendamien.bsky.social · 4h

The current paradigm of "AI"— all of its, e.g., embedded values, design, cultural deployment, & structural affordances— has been repeatedly demonstrated to harm both critical skills development & the structure & maintenance of the relational social fabric.

That sounds pretty anti-pedagogical, to me

Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 9h

“One of the negative consequences AI is having on students is that it is hurting their ability to develop meaningful relationships with teachers, the report finds. Half of the students agree that using AI in class makes them feel less connected to their teachers.”

Rising Use of AI in Schools Comes With Big Downsides for Students

A report by the Center for Democracy and Technology looks at teachers' and students' experiences with the technology.

www.edweek.org

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Kathrin @puzzledpeaces.bsky.social · 4h

He did this right after KRAVEN THE HUNTER??

Nuremberg (2025) ⭐ 7.8 | Biography, Drama, History

2h 28m | PG-13

www.imdb.com

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Kathrin @puzzledpeaces.bsky.social · 4h

Me: "So... Russell Crowe has gotten comfortable in his goofball era and is just living his best life between easy paychecks that amuse him? LOVE THAT for him!"

Russell Crowe: [presumably] "I could actually do with another Oscar. How about I play Hermann Göring."

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Kathrin @puzzledpeaces.bsky.social · 4h

I remember a guy who served as a UK soldier in NI during the Troubles telling me, very casually, that their rubber bullets were the same size as D batteries, so they'd switch to those to "break some bones".

Point being - plus ça change...

Willow @rockshrimp.bsky.social · 6h

one thing I learned during 2020 is that "less than lethal" munitions are explicitly designed to be shot into the ground so they lose velocity and bounce up into people and the reason I didn't know that before is literally NO ONE has ever deployed them that way.

Jack Jenkins @jackjenkins.me · 6h

Reporter's notebook: I actually began working on this story shortly after footage of the incident showed up last month.

But by the time I finally got ahold of folks, the story grew: 2 *other* faith leaders I spoke with *also* reported being shot w/pepper balls while protesting this ICE facility.

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Willow @rockshrimp.bsky.social · 6h

one thing I learned during 2020 is that "less than lethal" munitions are explicitly designed to be shot into the ground so they lose velocity and bounce up into people and the reason I didn't know that before is literally NO ONE has ever deployed them that way.

Jack Jenkins @jackjenkins.me · 6h

Reporter's notebook: I actually began working on this story shortly after footage of the incident showed up last month.

But by the time I finally got ahold of folks, the story grew: 2 *other* faith leaders I spoke with *also* reported being shot w/pepper balls while protesting this ICE facility.

Jack Jenkins @jackjenkins.me · 1d

Gonna be thinking about this lede for a minute.

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 5h

no they're LITERALLY exaggerating this issue. there is absolutely no data backing up their claims. ffs just say that!!

NBC news: The discussions come as Trump has sought to deploy National Guard troops in several major cities — including Los Angeles, Chicago and Portland, Oregon — saying they’re needed to reduce crime and protect Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials from protesters. Critics have said that the Trump administration is exaggerating issues in those cities.

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Kathrin @puzzledpeaces.bsky.social · 4h

I came across so many wise/funny/interesting people/places/things, and learned more lessons - big and small - than I can count, and there are cats and dogs and laughter and beauty and people falling over and people spontaneously making art and...

Conrad Hackett @conradhackett.bsky.social · 19h

Has anything great happened in your life because of social media?

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Kathrin @puzzledpeaces.bsky.social · 5h

Glühbirnen sind LEBENSGEFÄHRLICH!!1!

Lars KIingbeil @stbimbam.bsky.social · 5h

Das EU Parlament fordert, dass Veggi Produkte zukünftig nicht mehr Wurst,Schnitzel etc. Heißen sollen. Ich finde das richtig, geht mir aber nicht genug. Niemand sollte mehr wegen irreführender Namen in eine Poolnudel beißen oder ein Glas Scheuermilch trinken. Dafür stehen wir als SPD ein

Euer Lars

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👻madeline boOoOoOodent👻 @oldenoughtosay.com · 6h

labour/democrats/whoever are not losing because they’re discussing supporting trans people. they’re losing because they agreed, by engaging in the argument at all, with the premise that some minority groups can be blamed for social problems.

it’s only ever going to be a question of who is blamed.

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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 5h

1. In a devastating new Pew Research Survey, only 3 in 10 transgender adults report being accepted by their parents.

And only 1 in 10 say they are accepted by their extended family.

This is the lowest number ever found in surveys asking similar questions.

Subscribe to support our journalism.

Pew Survey: Only 31% Of Trans People Report Being Accepted By Their Parents

The survey comes as transgender people experience a legal assault from the far-right in the United States.

www.erininthemorning.com

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Jakob Winter @winterjakob.bsky.social · 6h

Rutters krude Thesen werden nun ganz offen von der FPÖ propagiert. Bekommt der Verschwörungsgläubige dafür auch Geld von den Freiheitlichen?

profil @profil.at · 8h

Das freiheitliche Bildungsinstitut veranstaltet „Corona-Stammtische“. Dort darf auch der rechtsextreme Verschwörungstheoretiker Martin Rutter seine Thesen als Vortragender verbreiten.

FPÖ lädt Verschwörungstheoretiker Rutter zu Veranstaltungsserie

Das freiheitliche Bildungsinstitut veranstaltet „Corona-Stammtische“. Dort darf auch der rechtsextreme Verschwörungstheoretiker Martin Rutter seine Thesen als Vortragender verbreiten.

www.profil.at

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Kari Dru @karidru.bsky.social · 6h

This has got to be the doggest dog I have ever seen. This is a sidekick in a children's book level dog.

Blue Heron Farm @blueheronfarm.bsky.social · 7h

HOW DOES HE JUST KEEP GETTING CUTER?

Fluffy white Corgi mix lying on a gray and white blanket. His tongue is hanging out and he's ridiculously cute. As always, he is staring right into the camera.

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Kathrin @puzzledpeaces.bsky.social · 6h

"Whoops... said the quiet part out loud"

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Kathrin @puzzledpeaces.bsky.social · 7h

a man is standing in a kitchen holding a cup in his hand and saying `` not today , satan not today '' .

Alt: Sheldon Cooper standing in his kitchen, t-shirt up over his nose, spraying something in the air and yelling "NOT TODAY, SATAN! NOT TODAY!!!"

media.tenor.com

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✪ Jonathan H. Gray: “Professor of Halloweenery” ✪ @jongraywb.bsky.social · 7h

Speaking as a Birmingham native, Bessemer ain’t nothing but black folks — and I find it oh so interesting that black neighborhoods are where they keep shoving all these data centers

Jack Tripper @chadstanton.blacksky.app · 1d

I’m sure it’s just a coincidence that all these data centers are going into communities that have been historically targeted for exploitation and have the least amount of civic power wielded by the people living there.

wordinblack.com/2025/09/alab...

Why Are Plans for This Alabama Data Center So Hush-Hush?

Officials in Bessemer, Alabama, are mum on Project Marvel, a proposed data center the size of 18 Walmart Supercenters.

wordinblack.com

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Paul F. Tompkins @pftompkins.bsky.social · 8h

FanTASTIC news let’s get this done

The Verge @theverge.com · May 26

Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry

Paul McCartne, Elton John and others signed an open letter.

buff.ly

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Kathrin @puzzledpeaces.bsky.social · 10h

Wtf did I just read??

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