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kate conger @kateconger.com · 9h

Jonathan Rinderknecht, a white man, was charged with starting the Palisades Fire. But on X, the company's news summary tab shows a photo of a black man.

Screenshot depicting posts on X, one showing the suspect accused of starting the Palisades Fire, a white man. The X news tab reports on the suspect's arrest, but shows a photo of a black man instead.

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Jonathan W. Gray @elmcitytree.blacksky.app · 9h

Sunday in Prospect Park. Walk, run or jog to raise funds! gaza5k.org

UNRWA USA's Gaza 5K walk/run

The Gaza 5K walk/run is a fun family-friendly event hosted by UNRWA USA that brings members of the American community together to show solidarity with refugees in the Gaza Strip and raises critical fu...

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Ars Technica @arstechnica.com · 9h

Logitech will brick its $100 Pop smart home buttons on October 15

Logitech’s interest in the smart home has appeared to wane in recent years.

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WhoKnowsWhatTiger @shonatiger.bsky.social · 6h

cannot believe the billionaire class et. al. would be in on this

David Bier @davidjbier.bsky.social · 11h

DEI for me, not for thee.

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Siddhartha Mitter @siddharthamitter.bsky.social · 9h

The political anthropologists teach us that ethnicity is situational. The historians teach us that colonial powers designate "tribes" for their imperial ends.

(The 1980s Afrocentrist Dr. Leonard Jeffries* also had things to say about "ice people," maybe he was ahead of the time.)

*uncle of Hakeem

Pablo Manríquez @pabloreports.bsky.social · 15h

SCOOP: Apple Quietly Made ICE Agents a Protected Class

Internal emails show tech giant used anti-hate-speech rules meant for minorities to block an app documenting immigration enforcement.
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SCOOP: Apple Quietly Made ICE Agents a Protected Class

Internal emails show tech giant used anti-hate-speech rules meant for minorities to block an app documenting immigration enforcement.

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Alan Lester @alanlester.bsky.social · 10h

Its strange how, amidst calls to draw more attention to British suppression of slavery in the Indian Ocean & East Africa (and to focus less on British slavery in the Atlantic), this excellent study by Moses Nwulia (1975) is so neglected. Maybe to do with his ‘humanitarianism of self-interest’ idea?

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Christopher Mathias @letsgomathias.bsky.social · 1d

Solidarity with @mark-bray.bsky.social, a fantastic, thoughtful, and generous scholar whose work about antifa is so important in this moment.

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Rutgers professor moving to Europe after threats over antifa accusations

Mark Bray says threats intensified after a Turning Point USA petition accused him of promoting political violence

www.theguardian.com

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Melanie D’Arrigo @darrigomelanie.bsky.social · 1d

I feel like this photo of masked, armed men pepper spraying a pastor protecting his community is going to be a defining picture of this moment in America for a long, long time.

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Thinking Person's Guide to Autism @thinkingautism.com · 2d

“As a neurodiversity advocate and as an autistic person, I’m really grateful for so much of the work that’s been done that allows me to be myself and to be successful being myself.” Link, who has been *banned*!?!? from this platform?

thinkingautismguide.com/2025/06/spac... #AutisticWhileBlack

Space Law, Race, and Neurodiversity: Autistic Advocate AJ Link

We live in a country & society that is built on racism. The neurodivergent community isn't free of that racism—per Autistic advocate AJ Link.

thinkingautismguide.com

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WhoKnowsWhatTiger @shonatiger.bsky.social · 6h

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Ada Palmer @adapalmer.bsky.social · 1d

MIT researchers have re-engineered CRISPR’s “prime editors” to slash one of their biggest problems: random DNA errors. The result is a new family of editors that keep efficiency while cutting indel errors up to 60-fold. buff.ly/5zaa88B
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Engineered prime editors with minimal genomic errors - Nature

Engineered prime editor systems with reduced occurrences of unwanted insertions or deletions during genome editing are developed.

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Ada Palmer @adapalmer.bsky.social · 1d

MIT researchers have re-engineered CRISPR’s “prime editors” to slash one of their biggest problems: random DNA errors. The result is a new family of editors that keep efficiency while cutting indel errors up to 60-fold. buff.ly/5zaa88B
#ShareGoodNewsToo

Engineered prime editors with minimal genomic errors - Nature

Engineered prime editor systems with reduced occurrences of unwanted insertions or deletions during genome editing are developed.

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Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 2d

Covid is not over.

People are still dying and becoming disabled every day.

We rushed “back to normal” for the economy, not because the threat had passed.

When you wear a mask, you’re not only protecting your health, you’re saying you don’t believe anyone is expendable.

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lukelukeluke @lukelukeluke.bsky.social · 9h

Here is a nice mushroom

A tiny brownish mushroom of incredible delicateness grows tall from between hairy moss fronds. Teeny hair covers its stem in fuzz, and dew glistens on its cap. All photos by me

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Tauriq Moosa @tauriq.bsky.social · 8h

*supportive noises from South Africa where my parents were not allowed to vote, have certain jobs, allowed into certain areas and had to use separate entrances for much of their lives*

Evette Dionne (Mostly on Threads) @freeblackgirl.bsky.social · 10h

I am Black American. My people were enslaved, segregated, and degraded for hundreds of years. There was a time when it was considered politically untenable to abolish slavery and legally dismantle Jim Crow. It got done. So, yes, a free Palestine is a political possibility. It is inevitable.

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Evette Dionne (Mostly on Threads) @freeblackgirl.bsky.social · 10h

I am Black American. My people were enslaved, segregated, and degraded for hundreds of years. There was a time when it was considered politically untenable to abolish slavery and legally dismantle Jim Crow. It got done. So, yes, a free Palestine is a political possibility. It is inevitable.

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Yashar Ali 🐘 @yasharali.bsky.social · 9h

BREAKING

In a new video, Dolly Parton, the Queen of America, says she’s going to be ok.

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Nosferatu Joseph 🧛🏻‍♀️ @tashjoeza.bsky.social · 8h

The dog is letting me hold one of her paws while she sleeps. 🥺

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WhoKnowsWhatTiger @shonatiger.bsky.social · 8h

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Hammer and Hope @hammerandhope.bsky.social · 10h

Capacity is filling up quickly for our 10/13 teach-in on the life and work of Assata Shakur with @dreamhampton.bsky.social and @monifabandele.bsky.social in Bed Stuy, Brooklyn. Become a member today and RSVP at the link below!
We can't wait to see you. docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Hammer & Hope Teach-In: The Life and Work of Assata Shakur

Please use this form to RSVP! If you have any questions, contact [email protected]. Location: Gladys Books & Wine | Bed Stuy, 306 Malcolm X Blvd, Brooklyn, NY 11233 Date: Monday, Oct. 13, T...

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WhoKnowsWhatTiger @shonatiger.bsky.social · 8h

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Mongabay @mongabay.com · 8h

The European Union has pledged 545 million euros ($636 million) for projects focused on modernizing power grids, increasing access to renewable energy, and supporting clean energy projects in nine African countries.

EU to invest $636m in African power projects, including clean energy

The European Union has pledged 545 million euros ($636 million) for projects focused on modernizing power grids, increasing access to renewable energy, and supporting clean energy projects in nine…

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California Fast Food Workers Union @cafastfoodunion.org · 8h

BREAKING: Burger King workers are on strike in Oakland due to pregnancy discrimination.

The store cut our coworker’s hours because she is pregnant and asked for accommodations to ensure a safe pregnancy. 🧵

#UnionsForAll

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Robert Heinze @rheinze.bsky.social · 9h

Ironically searching for „Bad Bunny colonial“ brings up a lot of articles about him making Puerto Rico’s colonial past & present a central topic in his music, while the same outlets are seemingly unable to frame the threat of revocation of citizenship in those same terms

Robert Heinze @rheinze.bsky.social · 11h

Is there any mention in all the reporting of Bad Bunny's Superbowl performance brouhahah of Puerto Rico's colonial history and present? They are talking of revoking his citizenship, can't think of anything more colonial.

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Robert Heinze @rheinze.bsky.social · 11h

Is there any mention in all the reporting of Bad Bunny's Superbowl performance brouhahah of Puerto Rico's colonial history and present? They are talking of revoking his citizenship, can't think of anything more colonial.

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WhoKnowsWhatTiger @shonatiger.bsky.social · 13h

A cartoonist's review of AI art - The Oatmeal theoatmeal.com/comics/ai_art

A cartoonist's review of AI art - The Oatmeal

This is a comic about AI art.

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Christian Kleindienst @postkulturwissenschaften.de · 15h

Mood

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