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Kevin Reuning @reuning.bsky.social · 21h

Trump straight up murdering people in the Caribbean and the NYT writes this

The Trump Split Screen: A Peacemaker Abroad, a Retribution Campaign at Home

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Nathan Kalman-Lamb @nkalamb.bsky.social · 5h

The US is a straight-up police state, more egregious than the vast majority of ‘totalitarian regimes’ we (in the Global North) grew up being warned about.

Picture the Feds took with supposed Latin Kings leader (whose wife says he’s being framed) is 100% inspired by the IDF

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Paul Duane 🥔 @paulduane.bsky.social · 1h

"List of deliverables attached"

Marjorie James Keenan @unenthusiast.com · 10h

In honour of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand.

rm -rf ~/

hammancheez @hammancheez.bsky.social · 10h

"The chancellor approved it"

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Roxana Hadadi @roxana-hadadi.bsky.social · 21h

the ending of THE GODFATHER, the best american movie ever made, doesn't work without diane keaton's final look --- at the realization of who she's married and what her life is going to become and what corruption lurks behind closed doors. unforgettable, inimitable work. RIP.

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Cethan Leahy @cethanleahy.com · 21h

Watching a unknown comedy with one of those casts that suggests it either must be a hidden gem or complete dreck.

A poster for Once Upon A Crime a movie starring JOHN CANDY JAMES BELUSHI CYBILL SHEPHERD SEAN YOUNG
RICHARD LEWIS ORNELLA MUTI GIANCARLO GIANNINI GEORGE HAMILTON

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Cozca @cozca.bsky.social · 2d

Call attention to the federal charges of targeted activists in Portland, Oregon.
Those of us with federal charges are being prosecuted in silence with zero media coverage as they federally railroad us.

Please help boost!

TeslaTakedownPDX @teslatakedownpdx.bsky.social · 3d

SUNDAY AT ELIZABETH CARUTHERS!

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Revenge of the Oxford Comma @pensivetoker.bsky.social · 1d

Cities standing up for, helping instead of harming each other.

We do this all the time for natural disasters (👀). We collect food and supplies. We send people to help. We gather in solidarity.

We have a long history of helping each other and being demonized for it.

We do it anyway.

Sarah Kendzior @sarahkendzior.bsky.social · 1d

"It would be powerful if folks from Dallas stand up for Chicago and folks from Chicago stand up for Dallas, so that narratives like 'Texas invades Illinois' can't take hold. Cities are not invading each other. The federal government is attacking Americans."
sarahkendzior.substack.com/p/panopticon...

PanoptiCon Artists: Your Questions Answered

On digital surveillance, ICE city raids, the need for new parties, and more.

sarahkendzior.substack.com

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Torment Nexus @priva.cat · 1d

Once again, this happens every time the Council/Parliament try to ram through Chat Control. They know this is a terrible idea.

At this point, the only reason they're trying to introduce it again is that they're hoping people aren't paying attention.

Alderik Oosthoek @alderik.bsky.social · 1d

“The EU Council has cancelled its vote, which had been due next week, on [..] a law popularly dubbed "chat control."

The Danish EU presidency [..] are now aiming for a new compromise for a ministerial meeting in December.” euobserver.com/Rule%20of%20...

EU puts off 'chat control' vote amid deep division

The EU Council has cancelled its vote, due next week, on a controversial anti-child sexual abuse regulation, a law popularly dubbed "chat control."

euobserver.com

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Simon McGarr @tupped.bsky.social · 1d

This is exactly how the Hungary plan went, and the December meeting went down to the wire.

Why is our Government supporting amass surveillance plan the German police minister said should be ‘taboo’ and the Dutch spy agency said was a threat to security?

Torment Nexus @priva.cat · 1d

Once again, this happens every time the Council/Parliament try to ram through Chat Control. They know this is a terrible idea.

At this point, the only reason they're trying to introduce it again is that they're hoping people aren't paying attention.

Alderik Oosthoek @alderik.bsky.social · 1d

“The EU Council has cancelled its vote, which had been due next week, on [..] a law popularly dubbed "chat control."

The Danish EU presidency [..] are now aiming for a new compromise for a ministerial meeting in December.” euobserver.com/Rule%20of%20...

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L. D. Lewis, Peach Jolly Rancher 🍬 @ldlewiswrites.blacksky.app · 1d

Oh no my wallet

LEGO set: bright three dimensional tropical aquarium, 4154 pieces priced at $499

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Cohen is a Ghost @skullmandible.bsky.social · 1d

"even if it's AI, it's at least true" hard to overstate the damage this stuff is doing to people's brains. we're gonna be cleaning the slop out of archives for decades

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Anthony Moser @anthonymoser.com · 1d

Basically all the ai "value" is either investments in costly physical infrastructure or a handful of companies buying into / from each other.

Bc they run on hype, one of Altman's tricks has been announcing giant costs as though they were revenue

Margot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 1d

'The circularity has also prompted questions about how sustainable the revenues will turn out to be.'

How OpenAI put itself at the centre of a $1tn network of deals

The company behind ChatGPT has signed agreements with many of the largest tech groups, adding to a growing web of financial dependencies across the AI world

www.ft.com

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Ash @h1twom4n.bsky.social · 1d

The dailymail has discovered that women don’t look like 6 year olds forever

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Alex Winter @alexwinter.com · 1d

Life for the civilians who survived in Gaza is in ruins. They're homeless, jobless and hungry, and rely entirely on our direct donations to survive and rebuild.

Please give to my dear friend Tasneem so she can feed her children and make a home. And to others. ❤️ 🙏

tinyurl.com/Tasneemo

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Philip Boucher-Hayes @philipb-h.bsky.social · 1d

3 agencies involved but none had the right remit.

EPA - Monitors 31 sites in 3,330km of Blackwater, but it happened elsewhere

Inland Fisheries - doesn’t have the forensic capacity for the testing needed.

Marine Institute - has that capacity, but only investigates disease, not pollution.

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Philip Boucher-Hayes @philipb-h.bsky.social · 1d

Q: Why was the person responsible for the Blackwater fish kill never found?

A: it wasn’t anybody’s job.

I talked to the heads of all the agencies involved in the investigation, about why the biggest pollution event in Irish history fell between the cracks.

Listen: 👉 www.rte.ie/radio/radio1...

CountryWide - RTÉ Radio 1

The CountryWide team feature the events, people and happenings that bring colour and life to communities, towns and villages across the country.

www.rte.ie

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Byro[Hallowee]n @byronic.bsky.social · 1d

This capacity for ostensible (or in this case, maybe just self proclaimed) “journalists“ to post obvious AI fakes is bugging the hell out of me today

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Josef O'Shea @josefoshea.bsky.social · 1d

Out of control supertanker on collision course with our lives.

Rob Bowley @robbowley.net · 1d

BBC News - 'It's going to be really bad': Fears over AI bubble bursting grow in Silicon Valley

A tangled web of deals stokes AI bubble fears in Silicon Valley

Some are worried that the rapid rise in the value of AI tech companies may be a bubble waiting to burst.

www.bbc.com

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Conor Smith @conorsmith.ie · 1d

Poor Fine Gaeler upset that their strategy of playing "would you rather" with Connolly isn't fooling the electorate
www.thejournal.ie/presidential...

Another longtime [Fine Gael] member voiced their concern that despite there being multiple controversies attached to Connolly “none of them appear to be sticking”.

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theactualcathal.bsky.social @theactualcathal.bsky.social · 1d

When WW2 ended, the camp guards response was to try and murder all remaining prisoners while they still could.

Aaliyah 🇮🇪🇵🇸 ‼️SAVE GAZA‼️ @aaliyahxx.bsky.social · 1d

Breaking | Multiple Palestinians were reported wounded in Israeli artillery shelling that hit a group of civilians in Jabalia, northern Gaza Strip.

A group of men in Jabalia, northern Gaza, gather around a damaged white car amid rubble and destruction. A body covered with patterned blankets lies across the car’s trunk, while medical wrappers and debris litter the ground. The background shows a bombed-out building, its concrete frame exposed and walls shattered. The men’s expressions are somber and shocked as they stand in the aftermath of Israeli artillery shelling that wounded multiple civilians.

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Aaliyah 🇮🇪🇵🇸 ‼️SAVE GAZA‼️ @aaliyahxx.bsky.social · 1d

Breaking | Multiple Palestinians were reported wounded in Israeli artillery shelling that hit a group of civilians in Jabalia, northern Gaza Strip.

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theactualcathal.bsky.social @theactualcathal.bsky.social · 1d

Make a movie better by adding John Carpenter's to the title:

John Carpenter's Knocked Up

Darach Ó Séaghdha @darach.bsky.social · 1d

Make a movie better by adding John Carpenter's to the title:

John Carpenter's Mystic Pizza

Alexander Hay @alexanderhay.myatproto.social · 1d

Make a movie better by adding John Carpenter's to the title:

John Carpenter's Nympho Pizza Delivery Plumber Stepsisters Vol. XX1.

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Aaliyah 🇮🇪🇵🇸 ‼️SAVE GAZA‼️ @aaliyahxx.bsky.social · 1d

Following the withdrawal of Israeli forces from parts of the Gaza Strip, Civil Defense teams discovered deadly remnants: explosion-laden children's toys and booby-trapped food cans, deliberately planted to lure children. These devices detonate upon contact, causing instant death or severe injuries.

a photograph displays several small, round black cans arranged on a tiled floor, resembling ordinary food containers but reportedly rigged with explosives. The image conveys danger and deception, highlighting the threat posed by hidden explosive devices left behind in civilian areas.

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Simon McGarr @tupped.bsky.social · 1d

US lawyer John Yoo wrote a series of memos for the Bush administration in order to create a legal cover for torture.

He suffered no negative consequences. He later was made Emanuel S. Heller Professor of Law at the University of California, Berkeley.

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Oisín McGann @oisinmcgann.bsky.social · 2d

I see they’re taking the genAI, ‘You’ve-committed-too-many-crimes-to-be-punished-properly’ approach to protecting the environment.

ProPublica @propublica.org · 2d

NEW: Nevada could’ve fined Elon Musk’s Boring Co. more than $3 million, but regulators are seeking a reduced penalty of $242,800, citing an “extraordinary number of violations.”

Elon Musk’s Boring Co. Accused of Nearly 800 Environmental Violations on Las Vegas Project

Nevada could’ve fined the company more than $3 million, but regulators are seeking a reduced penalty of $242,800, citing an “extraordinary number of violations.”

www.propublica.org

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