Ren
@renguy.bsky.social
ad social media manager and medical student
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call me crazy but I don't think we should.
We’re wasting the remaining carbon budget on war and AI.
Only two years left of world’s carbon budget to meet 1.5C target, scientists warn
Breaching threshold would ramp up catastrophic weather events, further increasing human suffering
www.theguardian.com
June 19, 2025 at 11:35 PM
call me crazy but I don't think we should.
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A few things to know about what’s happening in Los Angeles.
- Los Angeles is a very big city! What you’re hearing about on the news is happening in like 2 blocks of a city that stretches for around 500 square miles.
- Los Angeles is a very big city! What you’re hearing about on the news is happening in like 2 blocks of a city that stretches for around 500 square miles.
June 9, 2025 at 7:58 PM
A few things to know about what’s happening in Los Angeles.
- Los Angeles is a very big city! What you’re hearing about on the news is happening in like 2 blocks of a city that stretches for around 500 square miles.
- Los Angeles is a very big city! What you’re hearing about on the news is happening in like 2 blocks of a city that stretches for around 500 square miles.
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ICE crossed a line in LA
June 8, 2025 at 12:42 PM
ICE crossed a line in LA
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JKR funded the campaign group behind all this btw. This is why we beg you to stop engaging with Harry Potter media.
The UK Supreme Court has unanimously decided that the definition of sex under the Equality Act 2010 refers solely to biological sex, and does not include people with a Gender Recognition Certificate.
April 16, 2025 at 9:39 AM
JKR funded the campaign group behind all this btw. This is why we beg you to stop engaging with Harry Potter media.
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Some of the most promising legislation around AI for artists and workers is AB412, the AI Copyright Transparency Act, from @bauerkahan.bsky.social
Call your reps (wherever you live!) and ask them to support this legislation!
a16.asmdc.org/press-releas...
Call your reps (wherever you live!) and ask them to support this legislation!
a16.asmdc.org/press-releas...
Assemblymember Bauer-Kahan Introduces the AI Copyright Transparency Act | Official Website - Assemblymember Rebecca Bauer-Kahan Representing the 16th California Assembly District
[Sacramento, CA] – Today, Assemblymember Rebecca Bauer-Kahan (D-Orinda) introduced AB 412, the AI Copyright Transparency Act, aimed at increasing transparency around the use of copyrighted materials t...
a16.asmdc.org
April 10, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Some of the most promising legislation around AI for artists and workers is AB412, the AI Copyright Transparency Act, from @bauerkahan.bsky.social
Call your reps (wherever you live!) and ask them to support this legislation!
a16.asmdc.org/press-releas...
Call your reps (wherever you live!) and ask them to support this legislation!
a16.asmdc.org/press-releas...
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if you’re an artist who ever thought “what’s the point? The world is Hell and I should do something that matters instead”
even in an ICE detention center people will treat art as sacred, seek it out, and find joy and comfort in it. You aren’t making art, you’re making hope.
even in an ICE detention center people will treat art as sacred, seek it out, and find joy and comfort in it. You aren’t making art, you’re making hope.
April 5, 2025 at 4:33 PM
if you’re an artist who ever thought “what’s the point? The world is Hell and I should do something that matters instead”
even in an ICE detention center people will treat art as sacred, seek it out, and find joy and comfort in it. You aren’t making art, you’re making hope.
even in an ICE detention center people will treat art as sacred, seek it out, and find joy and comfort in it. You aren’t making art, you’re making hope.
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For people demanding proof, this is just from Twitter, but my TikTok feed and IG reels are also pushing this as well.
March 22, 2025 at 9:48 PM
For people demanding proof, this is just from Twitter, but my TikTok feed and IG reels are also pushing this as well.
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We've published a Vietnamese translation of this story:
March 19, 2025 at 4:22 PM
We've published a Vietnamese translation of this story:
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Cartoonist R.E. Burke detained by ICE on backpacking trip
Cartoonist R.E. Burke detained by ICE on backpacking trip
British cartoonist R.E. Burke has been detained for more than a week as an illegal alien, and her father is asking for help.
www.comicsbeat.com
March 10, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Cartoonist R.E. Burke detained by ICE on backpacking trip
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Richest guy in the world telling us we can’t afford to have our government fund cancer research.
March 2, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Richest guy in the world telling us we can’t afford to have our government fund cancer research.
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Reposting with alt text:
I did this just now and it worked.
I did this just now and it worked.
February 19, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Reposting with alt text:
I did this just now and it worked.
I did this just now and it worked.
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I regret* to inform you that @propublica.org has updated our DOGE tracker again with a bunch more names: projects.propublica.org/elon-musk-do...
*delight
*delight
Elon Musk’s Demolition Crew
Elon Musk, the world’s richest man, has been unleashed on federal agencies. ProPublica is attempting to document who is working with him and what they are doing.
projects.propublica.org
February 20, 2025 at 8:56 PM
I regret* to inform you that @propublica.org has updated our DOGE tracker again with a bunch more names: projects.propublica.org/elon-musk-do...
*delight
*delight
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Whether it's Hillary Clinton sharing risotto tips on a private email server or Elon Musk giving full access to all government information to a nineteen-year old named Big Balls with ties to a child pornography collective known for its extortion techniques, both sides have played loose with security.
February 11, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Whether it's Hillary Clinton sharing risotto tips on a private email server or Elon Musk giving full access to all government information to a nineteen-year old named Big Balls with ties to a child pornography collective known for its extortion techniques, both sides have played loose with security.
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Guess what - our Science Moms climate ad made this top ten best (upcoming) Super Bowl ads list! The only nonprofit ad on the list!
Warning: do not watch without a tissue
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/07/a...
Warning: do not watch without a tissue
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/07/a...
ByTheTime
YouTube video by Science Moms
youtu.be
February 8, 2025 at 12:48 AM
Guess what - our Science Moms climate ad made this top ten best (upcoming) Super Bowl ads list! The only nonprofit ad on the list!
Warning: do not watch without a tissue
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/07/a...
Warning: do not watch without a tissue
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/07/a...
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THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION IS A DEPARTMENT CREATED BY STATUTE; IT CANNOT BE ELIMINATED BY EXECUTIVE ORDER! EXECUTIVE ORDERS CANNOT REPEAL STATUTES! JUST LIKE DEPARTMENTS CANNOT BE CREATED BY EXECUTIVE ORDER!
she shouts into the void
she shouts into the void
BREAKING: The White House is preparing an executive order to eliminate the Department of Education, two sources familiar with the plans tell NBC News.
White House preparing executive order to abolish the Department of Education
The planned order follows years of campaign promises from President Donald Trump to abolish the federal Education Department.
www.nbcnews.com
February 4, 2025 at 8:07 PM
THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION IS A DEPARTMENT CREATED BY STATUTE; IT CANNOT BE ELIMINATED BY EXECUTIVE ORDER! EXECUTIVE ORDERS CANNOT REPEAL STATUTES! JUST LIKE DEPARTMENTS CANNOT BE CREATED BY EXECUTIVE ORDER!
she shouts into the void
she shouts into the void
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GenAI has polluted image search results, especially for animal pics. It’s now basically impossible to find accurate art references.
Enter this: a repository of open-access, AI-free images of wild & exotic taxa. Artists creating *without AI* have blanket permission for derivative/transformative use.
Enter this: a repository of open-access, AI-free images of wild & exotic taxa. Artists creating *without AI* have blanket permission for derivative/transformative use.
Exotic Animal Photo Reference Repository
www.animal-photo-references.com
January 27, 2025 at 9:45 AM
GenAI has polluted image search results, especially for animal pics. It’s now basically impossible to find accurate art references.
Enter this: a repository of open-access, AI-free images of wild & exotic taxa. Artists creating *without AI* have blanket permission for derivative/transformative use.
Enter this: a repository of open-access, AI-free images of wild & exotic taxa. Artists creating *without AI* have blanket permission for derivative/transformative use.
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You can buy t-shirts and other swag with this awesome design by @tombofnull.bsky.social that benefit Huntsville's Free LGBTQ+ Closet.
www.greenpeapress.com/shop/p/prote...
www.greenpeapress.com/shop/p/prote...
January 20, 2025 at 12:29 PM
You can buy t-shirts and other swag with this awesome design by @tombofnull.bsky.social that benefit Huntsville's Free LGBTQ+ Closet.
www.greenpeapress.com/shop/p/prote...
www.greenpeapress.com/shop/p/prote...
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Thete's a pretty finite set of words for killing civilians where they stand after they have been corralled by force.
Israel presses on with Gaza bombardments, including in areas where it told civilians to flee
Israel presses on with Gaza bombardments, including in areas where it told civilians to flee
The latest strikes came a day after the United States vetoed a United Nations resolution demanding an immediate humanitarian cease-fire in Gaza.
apnews.com
December 9, 2023 at 12:42 PM
Thete's a pretty finite set of words for killing civilians where they stand after they have been corralled by force.
sometimes working in theater is an entire room of production staff yelling "no! put your trousers back on!" to an actor who is almost too willing to strip onstage (we asked him to take off his SOCKS)
November 9, 2023 at 9:00 PM
sometimes working in theater is an entire room of production staff yelling "no! put your trousers back on!" to an actor who is almost too willing to strip onstage (we asked him to take off his SOCKS)
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Thank you so much to everyone who has listened to RED ODYSSEY -- we're thrilled to have hit 10,000 downloads and counting.
Listen in wherever you get your podcasts, every Friday: denouncermedia.com
Listen in wherever you get your podcasts, every Friday: denouncermedia.com
October 26, 2023 at 9:21 PM
Thank you so much to everyone who has listened to RED ODYSSEY -- we're thrilled to have hit 10,000 downloads and counting.
Listen in wherever you get your podcasts, every Friday: denouncermedia.com
Listen in wherever you get your podcasts, every Friday: denouncermedia.com
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How’s Dan getting on, has James sobered up and is Abigail holding it together? Join them @TheImpalaFilms - HAUNTED:The Audio Drama: Triptych Part 3 of 4 - as trust, theories and truth are key to solving this case💜
October 15, 2023 at 6:28 PM
How’s Dan getting on, has James sobered up and is Abigail holding it together? Join them @TheImpalaFilms - HAUNTED:The Audio Drama: Triptych Part 3 of 4 - as trust, theories and truth are key to solving this case💜
mixing a soundscape for a theatre show on my computer with the free qlab license knowing it'll sound like shit when hooked up to all the speakers in the space </3
October 8, 2023 at 4:07 AM
mixing a soundscape for a theatre show on my computer with the free qlab license knowing it'll sound like shit when hooked up to all the speakers in the space </3
talk about an overzealous manager
September 20, 2023 at 2:17 AM
talk about an overzealous manager