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Jake Friedman @spaceisfun.bsky.social · 8h

Wait but according to pizzagate founder and all around trash human jack posobiec Antifa is a hundred years old. They arrested a great grandma? Lol bsky.app/profile/crim...

Bobby Silverman @robertsilverman.bsky.social · 11h

Bondi claiming they arrested [checks notes] "the girlfriend of one of the founders of antifa" has me in stitches

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 11h

Bondi: "Bondi: "Just like we did with cartels, we are going to take the same approach, President Trump, with antifa -- destroy the entire organization from top to bottom. We are going to take them apart."

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m @keptsimple.bsky.social · 9h

trump crossed the line to objectively fascist a long time ago but it's funny that he can have an anti-anti-fascist task force and people still treat it like an open question

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Jake Friedman @spaceisfun.bsky.social · 11h

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Jason Koebler @jasonkoebler.bsky.social · 11h

very interesting what is not allowed these days. in this case, basic archiving of real videos

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Apple Banned an App That Simply Archived Videos of ICE Abuses

Eyes Up's purpose is to "preserve evidence until it can be used in court." But it has been swept up in Apple's crackdown on ICE-spotting apps.

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Jake Friedman @spaceisfun.bsky.social · 14h

By this logic Apple Maps should also be removed due to its speed trap reporting feature. Ditto for any app with real-time bus locations.

According to internal correspondence reviewed by Migrant Insider, Apple told developer Rafael Concepcion that the app violated Guideline 1.1.1, which prohibits "defamatory, discriminatory, or mean-spirited content" directed at "religion, race, sexual orientation, gender, national/ethnic origin, or other targeted groups."
But Apple's justification went further.
"Information provided to Apple by law enforcement shows that your app violates
Guideline 1.1.1 because its purpose is to provide location information about law enforcement officers that can be used to harm such officers individually or as a group," the company wrote in its removal notice.
The decision effectively treats federal immigration agents as a protected class — a novel
interpretation of Apple's hate-speech policy that shields one of the most powerful arms of government from public scrutiny.

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Brian Floyd @brianmfloyd.bsky.social · 1d

the guy who caught cal raleigh’s homer was wearing a shirt that said dump 61 here and he immediately took it off and had a shirt that said dump 62 here

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Will Bunch @willbunch.bsky.social · 2d

When Stephen Miller hijacks the Major League Baseball social media account

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Katie Wilson for Seattle @wilsonforseattle.bsky.social · 2d

"[T]he outcome of the city’s decision was that for nearly a year, Seattle paid for just as many rooms as before yet helped fewer and fewer people off the street with them."
- ProPublica on Mayor Harrell's mismanagement.

I will get results on homelessness: www.wilsonforseattle.com/homelessness

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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 2d

What's important is to understand the cumulative effect of it all. To not just see today's outrage.

See the silencing of Kimmel, the arrest of Comey, the harassment of Soros, the troops in our cities, the seizure of spending power, as all part of a plan to end our democracy.

Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 3d

This evening, President Trump is ordering 400 members of the Texas National Guard for deployments to Illinois, Oregon, and other locations within the United States. No officials from the federal government called me directly to discuss or coordinate.

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mtsw @mtsw.bsky.social · 5d

If a high ranking Democrat ever said "the NFL sucks" it would be looped endlessly on the news as proof of how out of touch Dems are for the next 40 years.

Guy Trivago @convolutedname.bsky.social · 5d

Saying "The NFL sucks.." really is a bold strategy, let's see how that goes

PatriotTakes 🇺🇸 @patriottakes.bsky.social · 5d

Kristi Noem’s message to the NFL for selecting Bad Bunny for the halftime show:

“The NFL sucks and we’ll win and God will bless us and we’ll stand and be proud of ourselves at the end of the day and they won’t be able to sleep at night because they don’t know what they believe…”

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Katie Wilson for Seattle @wilsonforseattle.bsky.social · 5d

As a coalition of billionaires, landlords, and real estate developers invest more than $1.2 million in Bruce Harrell’s re-election, local progressive leaders Pramila Jayapal and Teresa Mosqueda are announcing their endorsements of Katie Wilson.

A graphic in Katie Wilson for Mayor campaign colors reading "Rep. Pramila Jayapal and King County Councilmember Teresa Mosqueda announce endorsements of Katie Wilson."

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Andy Kelly @ultrabrilliant.xyz · 5d

The Japanese Mario 64 official strategy guide is an incredible thing. "Can we make little hand-made dioramas of all the levels?" "Sure, why the hell not."

A model of the first level from Mario 64.

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🖤 Sandra’s Evil Twin 🖤 MWAHAHAHAHA 🪓 @sgwong.com · 6d

“Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman Al Saud and his magnate allies are trying to buy reputation through sports and entertainment for the same reason that Adolf Hitler wanted to host the Olympics in 1936 and Argentina wanted to host the World Cup in 1978.”

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Katelyn Boo-urns @katelynburns.com · 6d

Lol okay bro burns-notice.ghost.io/we-do-not-ha...

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Jake Friedman @spaceisfun.bsky.social · 6d

Amazing. Thank you @seattledot.bsky.social @councilmember-amr.bsky.social

Councilmember Alexis Mercedes Rinck @councilmember-amr.bsky.social · 6d

Thank you @theurbanist.org @seattletru.bsky.social @sngreenways.bsky.social @transpochoices.bsky.social and every volunteer and advocate fighting for better mobility, connection, and safety on our streets. This is a shared win and something to celebrate.

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Jake Friedman @spaceisfun.bsky.social · 6d

Like how there’s always an xkcd for nerdy topics there’s always a Doom Loop for centrist Seattle mayors

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GHOULLIKEHELLMACHINE @golikehellmachine.com · 6d

some of you should learn about the pleasures of a bidet, which makes cheap toilet paper a non-issue, i learned this before covid in a hotel in taipei

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Jake Friedman @spaceisfun.bsky.social · 6d

compromise: generics & store brand for most non-food things, cheap household items, 'smart' technology, phones, cars

no way jose: food (fast food excluded), AV equipment, computers

GHOULLIKEHELLMACHINE @golikehellmachine.com · 6d

here’s an interesting prompt: what are the things you’ll compromise on with regard to price, and what are the things you won’t?

GHOULLIKEHELLMACHINE @golikehellmachine.com · 6d

totally fair, i have things i will compromise on (undershirts, drum heads, coffee) and things i won’t (boots, drum sticks, soap/shaving products)

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C. Henry @henryhenryhenry.com · 6d

the government should not be able to smash into your home and drag you into the street for no reason. it's kind of a core civil right, perhaps THE core civil right.

Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 6d

What DHS pulled in Chicago on Tuesday is wildly unconstitutional. They smashed down almost every door in the building, dragged entire families into the street, and detained people for hours ("Kavanaugh stops").

Ms. Fisher was held for five hours and another senior citizen was held for three hours.

Rodrick Johnson, 67, is one of many residents who were detained by federal agents during the South Shore raid. A U.S. citizen, he said agents broke through his door and dragged him out in zip ties.

Johnson said he was left tied up outside the building for nearly three hours before agents finally let him go.

“I asked [agents] why they were holding me if I was an American citizen, and they said I had to wait until they looked me up,” Jones said. “I asked if they had a warrant, and I asked for a lawyer. They never brought one.”

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Councilmember Alexis Mercedes Rinck @councilmember-amr.bsky.social · 7d

I was just as shocked with the news about the route 2 bus only lane as you. We are working on it. We need to prioritize pedestrian safety and not go backwards on our transit investments.

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Drew Harwell @drewharwell.com · 8d

OpenAI employees are very excited about how well their new AI tool can create fake videos of people doing crimes and have definitely thought through all the implications of this

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Pwnallthethings @pwnallthethings.bsky.social · 8d

This is just incredible. Someone made not just a computer, but an *entire working LLM* out of (438 million) minecraft blocks www.tomshardware.com/tech-industr...

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