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ᖴᗩᖇᗩᕼ @standwithhumanity1.bsky.social · 16d

Every day brings fear, loss, and destruction. Explosions shatter homes, streets turn into graves, and children bear wounds too heavy for their hearts. Our are trapped in this nightmare. Please extend your hand, help save us 🙏🏻
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“Rebuilding After Loss: Your Support Makes All the Difference

Farah and Muhanad: Our Dreams Turned to Rubble My name is Farah, and I am 23 years old. This is my husband, Muhanad, who is 28. We live in Gaza, Palestine. We met at work, sharing a dream of a bright ...

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 6h

At a press conference today, the mayor of Everett said there was a knife found in the child’s possession but *no* gun. I followed up with ICE and asked if they stand by the screenshot shared yesterday. Spokesperson said DHS was working on a response. Five hours later, still nothing.

Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 1d

This is the response I received from ICE when I inquired about the 13-year-old they abducted from Everett, Mass. on Friday:

Good afternoon, Marisa.
Please see the below from DHS on the 13-year-old alien.
Please feel free to direct any questions to them.
Respectfully,
James

Tricia McLaughlin
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Here are the facts: he posed a public safety threat with an extensive rap sheet including violent assault with a dangerous weapon, battery, breaking and entering, destruction of property.
He was in possession of a firearm and 5-7 inch knife when arrested.

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Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha @thellpsx.bsky.social · 6h

Also @pipagaopoetry.bsky.social @sfdirewolf.bsky.social and I wrote this: disabilityvisibilityproject.com/2025/10/07/t...

Two Years of Genocide+: Crips Aren’t Done Sending eSims to Gaza

Two Years of Genocide+: Crips Aren’t Done Sending eSims to Gaza Two years, what the fuck. It really has been two years to the day since Israel’s heightened and prolonged genocide against the…

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LA Public Press @lapublicpress.bsky.social · 8h

ICE forces strip searches on detained women after visits in Southern California.
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ICE forces strip searches on detained women after visits in Southern California

Some people decide not to participate in in-person visitation because they don’t want to take off all their clothes in front of a guard.

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Orcspiration @orcspiration.bsky.social · 8h

DRINK WATER FROM THE SKULLS OF YOUR ENEMIES! IF YOU HAVE CRUSHED THEIR SKULLS, USE A GLASS.

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Kindra Cotton @kindracotton.com · 8h

ANOTHER SAD REMINDER: Black women lost 319,000 jobs between February and July of this year, the only major female demographic to experience significant job losses during this five-month period.

White men saw the largest job increase 一 365,000 一 among
groups.

Black women lost 319,000 jobs between February and July of this year, the only major female demographic to experience significant job losses during this five-month period.

White men saw the largest job
increase 一 365,000 一 among
groups.

According to an analysis of the most recent labor statistics by
Katica Roy, a gender economist

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ASBNBYN (they/them) @asbnbyn.bsky.social · 8h

It's Scobble for me. My shooter goes Crazy when he evolves

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Cynethryth @cynethryth.com · 10h

You can tell these people are out of touch because they think people are still invested in the GoT TV show in 2025 and that making one blonde woman's face look vaguely like another's with lipstick & identity theft is somehow compelling.

Scientific American @sciam.bsky.social · 1d

Despite early, and familiar, copyright growing pains, Sora may be the prelude to AI-generated on-demand TV and movies

Want to See Marilyn Monroe in Game of Thrones? AI Could Make It Soon

Despite early, and familiar, copyright growing pains, Sora may be the prelude to AI-generated on-demand TV and movies

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WildGorillaMan @wildgorillaman.bsky.social · 10h

It's not easy to get ratioed this hard

I'm old enough to remember when this magazine covered actual science, not just reprinting press releases

Scientific American @sciam.bsky.social · 1d

Despite early, and familiar, copyright growing pains, Sora may be the prelude to AI-generated on-demand TV and movies

Want to See Marilyn Monroe in Game of Thrones? AI Could Make It Soon

Despite early, and familiar, copyright growing pains, Sora may be the prelude to AI-generated on-demand TV and movies

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Alex Brown 🇵🇸 (they/them) @bookjockeyalex.bsky.social · 12h

Setting aside graverobbing woman who died in no small part due to men exploiting her image, copyright violations aren't "growing pains." It's literally the law. They’re breaking the law. Without copyright law, there is no creative industry, and without a creative industry, there is no genAI.

Scientific American @sciam.bsky.social · 1d

Despite early, and familiar, copyright growing pains, Sora may be the prelude to AI-generated on-demand TV and movies

Want to See Marilyn Monroe in Game of Thrones? AI Could Make It Soon

Despite early, and familiar, copyright growing pains, Sora may be the prelude to AI-generated on-demand TV and movies

www.scientificamerican.com

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Rob MacWolf, Werewolf Hitchhiker @robmacwolf.thevoice.dog · 12h

When we write or draw porn or erotica, we get banned from having a bank account and our livelihoods get seized even if we give it away for free.

When billionaires steal what we've written or drawn to churn out a slop-approximate of porn, they're allowed to charge for it.

Matt Burgess (WIRED) @mattburgess1.bsky.social · 15h

Oh good, ChatGPT is getting "erotica for verified adults" later this year

We made ChatGPT pretty restrictive to make sure we were being careful with mental health issues. We realize this made it less useful/enjoyable to many users who had no mental health problems, but given the seriousness of the issue we wanted to get this right.

Now that we have been able to mitigate the serious mental health issues and have new tools, we are going to be able to safely relax the restrictions in most cases.

In a few weeks, we plan to put out a new version of ChatGPT that allows people to have a personality that behaves more like what people liked about 4o (we hope it will be better!). If you want your ChatGPT to respond in a very human-like way, or use a ton of emoji, or act like a friend, ChatGPT should do it (but only if you want it, not because we are usage-maxxing).

In December, as we roll out age-gating more fully and as part of our “treat adult users like adults” principle, we will allow even more, like erotica for verified adults.

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🪲johnny🪲 [TOP SURGERY 10/16] @gatorpond.bsky.social · 10h

mask when shopping.
mask when picking up food.
mask when having to go into businesses or even just at drive thrus.
mask even if they don't. and especially if they can't.

service employees deserve better. if they're not allowed to mask, the least you can do is keep them safe as possible.

Elana Levin @levin.bsky.social · 13h

when work makes people sick and insists on making them sicker by denying the right of protection and there is no safety net --- consider other people.
via @thesicktimes.org

Despite the ongoing pandemic, some companies are banning employees from masking - The Sick Times

While some anti-mask policies have failed — a win for workers — there is a larger effort to ban masks in the U.S. on state and local levels. And more businesses may attempt to ban masks in the workpla...

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Elana Levin @levin.bsky.social · 13h

when work makes people sick and insists on making them sicker by denying the right of protection and there is no safety net --- consider other people.
via @thesicktimes.org

Despite the ongoing pandemic, some companies are banning employees from masking - The Sick Times

While some anti-mask policies have failed — a win for workers — there is a larger effort to ban masks in the U.S. on state and local levels. And more businesses may attempt to ban masks in the workpla...

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Law Roach’s Flat Iron @mrsomethinelse.bsky.social · 11h

The way you get him is the same way you lose him!

Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 11h

Amy Robach and T.J. Holmes announce their engagement

Amy Robach and T.J. Holmes Announce Their Engagement, 3 Years After 'GMA' Scandal

Amy Robach and T.J. Holmes are engaged. The former 'GMA' stars announced their engagement on the Oct. 14 episode of their podcast, 'Amy & T.J.'

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ASBNBYN (they/them) @asbnbyn.bsky.social · 11h

Fair, but muscle building is also more than just protein consumption, there could be other genetic factors at work there as well.

(But more menstrating people should definitely be checking their iron more often)

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ASBNBYN (they/them) @asbnbyn.bsky.social · 11h

Or they are bleeding and thus need more iron, not necessarily protein

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paris martineau @paris.nyc · 14h

not only that, but research suggests there's little to no benefit to over-consuming protein unless you're actively restricting calories AND doing intense resistance training (in which case it helps you lose less muscle)

but even the experts can't get folks to believe this! the myth is too strong!

In recent years, prominent health and fitness influencers like Peter Attia, MD, and Gabrielle Lyon, DO, have helped popularize the notion that the federal recommendations are woefully inadequate. In viral social media posts and during appearances on popular podcasts, they’ve argued that the amount of protein needed to promote overall muscle health is likely double—or more—what the guidelines suggest.

But those arguments aren’t supported by the latest research. A 2020 meta-analysis found that the intake levels set forth in the federal guidelines are enough to meet the needs of the average adult and that eating more had beneficial effects on lean mass only in very specific circumstances. (For instance, eating extra protein helped people who were restricting calories preserve more lean mass, but only when combined with resistance training.) Notably, it also found that among people neither dieting nor resistance training, chronically overconsuming protein had little effect.

Lyon said in a statement emailed to CR that the meta-analysis was flawed because the “high protein” groups studied were not eating enough protein and the median length of the 18 trials studied was only 12 weeks. “The overarching point I’ve helped popularize, that the current protein [Recommended Daily Allowance] is too low, comes down to the difference between avoiding deficiency and optimizing health,” Lyon said. Attia did not respond to a request for comment.

Regardless, Burd’s message hasn’t sunk in for most people. “I’m fighting a losing battle,” he says, adding that he frequently finds himself in arguments with laypeople about whether they’re getting enough protein. “I get so much pushback.”

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paris martineau @paris.nyc · 15h

two of the products we tested — Huel's Black Edition meal replacement powder and Naked Nutrition's vegan mass gainer — had enough lead that our experts caution against using them at all

a single serving of these protein powders contained between 1,200 and 1,600% of CR’s level of concern for lead

Two plant-based protein powders contained enough lead that our experts advise against consuming them. Naked Nutrition’s Mass Gainer powder contained 7.7 micrograms of lead per serving, which is roughly 1,570 percent of CR’s level of concern for the heavy metal. One serving of Huel’s Black Edition powder contained 6.3 micrograms of lead, or about 1,290 percent of CR’s daily lead limit.

Two other powders contained lead between 400 and 600 percent of CR’s level of concern: Garden of Life’s Sport Organic Plant-Based Protein and Momentous’ 100% Plant Protein. Consumers should limit these to once a week, Akinleye says. (See company responses below.)

The only non-plant-based protein powder with lead detected at over 200 percent of CR’s level of concern was MuscleMeds’ Carnivor Mass powder. Six additional plant-based powders, five dairy-based powders and shakes, and one beef powder contained lead above CR’s level of concern.

We also found measurable levels of cadmium and inorganic arsenic in some products. One serving of Huel’s Black Edition plant-based protein powder contained 9.2 micrograms of cadmium, more than double the level that public health authorities and CR’s experts say may be harmful to have daily, which is 4.1 micrograms.

Another plant-based option, Vega’s Premium Sport powder, had enough cadmium that one serving would also put you just over that level. In one dairy-based product, Optimum Nutrition’s Serious Mass whey protein powder, we also detected 8.5 micrograms per serving of inorganic arsenic, which is twice the limit of what our scientists say is safe to consume daily.

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paris martineau @paris.nyc · 15h

the results of this investigation surprised me. since CR last tested protein supplements in 2010, protein mania has swept the nation. protein isolates (the key ingredient in supplements) are in everything these days, from pasta to starbucks cold foam

but as the industry has grown, so have the risks

Why We Tested Protein Powders and Shakes. Since our last tests
of protein powders 15 years ago, protein has become the centerpiece of the wellness craze. Heavy metals were widespread in protein supplements back then, and today, they’re even worse.

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paris martineau @paris.nyc · 15h

my latest investigation for @consumerreports.org is based on months of reporting and 60+ lab tests of leading protein supplements

we found that most protein powders and shakes have more lead in one serving than our experts say is safe to have in a day (🧵)

www.consumerreports.org/lead/protein...

Protein Powders and Shakes Contain High Levels of Lead - Consumer Reports

CR tests of 23 popular protein powders and shakes found that most contain high levels of lead.

www.consumerreports.org

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 13h

Despite the fact that none of the reporters present asked the mayor about DHS claiming the child had an "extensive rap sheet" to justify his abduction, the mayor and police chief made no mention of him having any criminal history.

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ASBNBYN (they/them) @asbnbyn.bsky.social · 12h

Meanwhile the torture of the Palestinians they held in those prisons (without trial in many cases) who detail tortue right up until they were let go is... Not mentioned here

Yuck

Lauren McKenzie @themckenziest.gay · 23h

They all got the same memo

Zohran’ post Today's scenes of Israelis and Palestinians are profoundly moving: Israeli hostages being freed and families reunited after years of fear, uncertainty, and torture; the first days in Gaza without relentless Israeli bombardment of Palestinians as families return to rubble and loved ones freed from detention.

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illbleed for sego dreancas @impemboganecue.bsky.social · 12h

The IDF has continued killing. Settlers have continued menacing people. And Israel warned Palestinians that they would be punished if they celebrated the return of their own hostages the way Israelis just did

Lauren McKenzie @themckenziest.gay · 23h

They all got the same memo

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Lauren McKenzie @themckenziest.gay · 1d

Notice the difference?

Also Israel has killed dozens of Palestinians since this “ceasefire” began. Including a beloved journalist named Saleh Aljafarawi who was only 28 years old.

He spent this genocide chronicling life in Gaza. And they murdered him while claiming peace.

B B C NEWS
Palestinians celebrate return of detainees freed by Israel
Today's Podcast
News Today
All 20 living hostages in Gaza freed by Hamas as peace plan holds

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Bear-Shaped Dog @canisoberon.bsky.social · 16h

The company-side information from the Pokémon leak is insane. Masuda getting banned from directing future games because he was a tyrant that "couldnt be oppossed" followed by Ohmori getting banned from directing because he was doing everything Masuda did 💀💀💀

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