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perfect knight @shiningknightx.bsky.social · 12h

"we cant uninvent ai" no we cant but we couldnt uninvent nfts either and nobody gives a fuck about them anymore

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Mike Masnick @mmasnick.bsky.social · 7h

9th Circuit just made anti-SLAPP laws (like the good ones in California and Nevada) a lot less effective. This is going to lead to a ton of suppressed speech. Stupid and dangerous. Especially now.

We need a federal anti-SLAPP law now. And we won't get one.

cdn.ca9.uscourts.gov/datastore/op...

cdn.ca9.uscourts.gov

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Scott Johnson @scottjohnson.wtf · 6h

and they have infrared/heat/whatever cameras that can see you at night

SometimesPDX @sometimespdx.bsky.social · 7h

Remember kids, don't flash lasers at helicopters, airplanes, or people. They'll get you for shit like that.

Portland police say four arrests were made overnight near the ICE building, including a 28-year-old man from Vancouver who is accused of flashing an air support unit with a laser.

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Comfortably Numb @numb.comfortab.ly · 11h

Upload your scanned ID they said. It will be fine they said.

404 Media @404media.co · 17h

BREAKING: A catastrophic breach has impacted Discord user data including selfies and identity documents uploaded as part of the app’s verification process, email addresses, phone numbers, approximately where the user lives, and much more.

🔗 www.404media.co/the-discord-...

The Discord Hack is Every Users’ Worst Nightmare

A hack impacting Discord’s age verification process shows in stark terms the risk of tech companies collecting users’ ID documents. Now the hackers are posting peoples’ IDs and other sensitive informa...

www.404media.co

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 10h

This is the genius of the Portland protests - they make the claims of lawlessness look not just wrong, but comical

The Daily Show @thedailyshow.com · 13h

The following is REAL footage from Portland, 2025. Viewer discretion is advised.

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Jenny Cohn @jennycohn.bsky.social · 8h

10/ Here is the nut of it. In the context of how to respond to far right violence during Trump 1.0, the SPLC guy said “The answer to bad speech is more speech,” prompting Mark Bray to say that “We’ve seen that fail historically. Fascism cannot be defeated through speech.” youtu.be/_egmWWO2xLc?...

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Tim Onion @bencollins.bsky.social · 13h

fucking WOOF

Scoop: Dominion Voting sold to company run by ex-GOP election official

Dominion is one of the biggest election equipment providers and was used by 27 states during the 2024 election.

www.axios.com

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Tim Onion @bencollins.bsky.social · 12h

👨‍🍳💋

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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 15h

A man was just abducted by ICE on Clark and Lunt, feet away from our campaign office.

Now our community is showing up and patrolling for ICE. Join us by getting involved in Protect RP: www.facebook.com/share/1DQqPQ...

Redirecting...

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Pat Inverted Vibe Curve Blanchfield @patblanchfield.bsky.social · 15h

It’s a picture of my father sigmund Freud

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Scott Johnson @scottjohnson.wtf · 15h

Explains a lot, going to be using that now

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👹👻 boo-rit 👻👹 @britculpsapp.bsky.social · 15h

"i'd be less autistic if i had my foreskin" isn't a thing i've heard anyone say

Justin Baragona @justinbaragona.bsky.social · 16h

Besides linking Tylenol in pregnant women to autism, RFK Jr. now says circumcision is part of the reason why kids are autistic.

"Children who are circumcised early have double the rate of autism, and it's highly likely because they're given Tylenol. None of this is positive..."

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Andrew Couts @couts.bsky.social · 16h

NEW: The developers whose ICE-related apps were removed from the Apple App Store say they're preparing to fight back. @thiccreese.bsky.social and @lhn.bsky.social report: www.wired.com/story/apple-...

Apple Took Down ICE-Tracking Apps. Their Developers Aren't Giving Up

“We are going to do everything in our power to fight this,” says ICEBlock developer Joshua Aaron after Apple removed his app from the App Store.

www.wired.com

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escapedexplorer.bsky.social @escapedexplorer.bsky.social · 1d

WWII "Friend" poster series from the Allied Forces, originally demonstrating the various Allied forces (British, Australian, Chinese, French, Dutch, etc.) and their appearances

It reads:

"This man is your FRIEND

He fights for FREEDOM"

The image is a sepia/black and white toned image of the Portland Frog protester, simply labelled FROG

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Marxist-Glonzoist @primaryschool.bsky.social · 1d

making getting assaulted by armed agents of the state into a funny meme is like unironically how we get critical masses of dumb white boys in the streets, Portland frog is a hero and a patriot

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Jenny Cohn @jennycohn.bsky.social · 16h

10/ Very comprehensive. bsky.app/profile/jenn...

Jenny Cohn @jennycohn.bsky.social · Jul 2

This seems ominous. Trump just appointed Josh Craddock—who recently signed a letter urging the DOJ to use the Comstock Act to curtail the distribution of abortion pills—to serve as Deputy Assistant AG in the OLC at the DOJ. 1/

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Jenny Cohn @jennycohn.bsky.social · 16h

9/ This is a comprehensive strategy. bsky.app/profile/jenn...

Jenny Cohn @jennycohn.bsky.social · 17h

“Abortion providers say Missouri’s attorney general is trying to get patient records” 10/7/25 … 1/ apnews.com/article/abor...

Abortion providers say Missouri's attorney general is trying to get patient records

Planned Parenthood officials say in court filings that Missouri's Republican attorney general is trying to get the medical records of patients who’ve had abortions.

apnews.com

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Jenny Cohn @jennycohn.bsky.social · 16h

4/ As I said… bsky.app/profile/jenn...

Jenny Cohn @jennycohn.bsky.social · May 6

Something is afoot. Within the past week, Josh Hawley has:
1. demanded that the FDA revise its standards for mifepristone based on a new (not peer reviewed) study
2. introduced a bill to reduce access to mifepristone
3. thanked Trump for nominating his close associate to the federal bench in MO…1/

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Jenny Cohn @jennycohn.bsky.social · 16h

I knew something was afoot in Missouri: On 9/30/25, Judge Kacsmaryk transferred a long-standing suit re: the FDA’s regulation of mifepristone from TX to the eastern district of Missouri. “All but one of the current full-time district court judges in [that district] were appointed by…Trump.” 1/

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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 16h

Fascinating moment in the power of DC Think. Democrats are clearly *not* looking for an off ramp right now. They’re actually saying this. Which is a measure of how badly it’s going for the GOP. It’s the GOP that is actually looking for the offeamp.

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Scott Johnson @scottjohnson.wtf · 16h

Stalley
David Berman

Scott Johnson @scottjohnson.wtf · 16h

Peter Buck / Michael Stipe
J. Cole
Mirah
Paul Westerberg
PJ Harvey
Marcy Mays (Scrawl)

Scott Johnson @scottjohnson.wtf · 16h

Blake Schwarzenbach
Elliot Smith
Will Shef
Carole King
Prince
Billie Holiday
Judee Sill
Marvin Gaye
Johnny Cash

TS aint better than Julien Baker

Can go on for hours about Hip Hop but I absolutely love KA

Gil Scott-Heron I’d put as a poet so IDK how that fits

Emily, a Two-Shoes-Gooder @rebelmusicteach.bsky.social · 4d

I also need to know: I am fairly middle-of-the-road on Taylor Swift but someone I know called her the Greatest Living Lyricist. She is not.

Who is yours? Either the greatest or your favorite?

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Scott Johnson @scottjohnson.wtf · 17h

www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kx0C...

Surprise, Surprise

YouTube video by Cop Shoot Cop - Topic

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Meg @prayingmantis.bsky.social · 17h

An outspoken antifascist US-born citizen was stopped from leaving the US. This should terrify you.

(BTW, this is not to imply this is ok for non-citizens or naturalized citizens.)

US anti-fascism expert blocked from flying to Spain at airport

Rutgers University professor who published book on antifa was informed at boarding gate that his trip was cancelled

www.theguardian.com

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