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Brian Dusablon | Duce | Drifter Life

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Curious explorer. (He/Him | MSW, CPACC). I love: rugby, libraries, nature, learning, music. Working toward a future of peace, access, inclusion, & collective liberation. https://ethicalmethods.com https://drifterlife.com #PositiveImbalance ☮️❤️

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Brian Dusablon | Duce | Drifter Life @drifterlife.com · Nov 14

Don't ever, ever stop dreaming. This world can beat us down. Mean people can try to silence us, bully us, manipulate us into believing our dreams don't matter. But they do.

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Your Dreams Matter

Don't ever, ever stop dreaming. This world can beat us down. Mean people can try to silence us, bully us, manipulate us into believing our dreams don't matter. But they do.

www.drifterlife.com

Brian Dusablon | Duce | Drifter Life @drifterlife.com · 3d

“The work doesn’t stop when we fail or when we’re disappointed. There is always a next step, always another challenge, and I know that I cannot allow myself to freeze up, rather than turning the next corner.”

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We Have to Move

"There are living, breathing people all around you who need your sense of decency to be made material. Don’t give up on them, or on you."

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Brian Dusablon | Duce | Drifter Life @drifterlife.com · 3d

This is NOT a highlight, #Meta.

#OptOut #UX

Screenshot of an Instagram notice reading “Highlights: Learn how Meta will use your info in new ways to personalize your experiences.”

Brian Dusablon | Duce | Drifter Life @drifterlife.com · 4d

What is Useful, Anyway?

What makes a newsletter useful? Plus: accessibility testing tips, disability employment stats, and why training alone won't fix ableism.

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What is Useful, Anyway?

What makes a newsletter useful? Plus: accessibility testing tips, disability employment stats, and why training alone won't fix ableism.

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Brian Dusablon | Duce | Drifter Life @drifterlife.com · 4d

Right?! Now we just need a compatible mobile app that will work in cars and such.

Brian Dusablon | Duce | Drifter Life @drifterlife.com · 4d

Yes, please.

“I wanted to go back to a simpler time. I wanted a music app that gives me easy access to my music – organized the way I want – and provides a comfortable, peaceful environment to listen to it.”

radiccio.music/news/2025/10...

Introducing Radiccio, a music player for Mac

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 4d

Each of these corporations has big federal contracts, is currently doing business with the Trump family, or has active antirust cases before the courts.

Everything is for sale.

CNN @cnn.com · 5d

Apple, Amazon, Lockheed Martin, Microsoft, Google, Coinbase, Comcast and Meta are just some of the major companies who have made donations to build President Donald Trump's proposed 90,000-square-foot ballroom, according to the White House. https://cnn.it/47yWmpP

White House releases list of donors for Trump’s multi-million-dollar ballroom | CNN Politics

Apple, Amazon, Lockheed Martin, Microsoft, Google, Coinbase, Comcast and Meta are just some of the major companies who have made donations to build President Donald Trump’s proposed 90,000-square-foot...

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Brian Dusablon | Duce | Drifter Life @drifterlife.com · 4d

This is something I would have loved to see.

“But a Steven-Fucking-Soderbergh-helmed Star Wars movie that maybe would’ve required a little bit of a shrug to accept the premise, nope.”

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Adam Driver Says Bob Iger Nixed a Kylo Ren ‘Star Wars’ Film He Pitched With Steven Soderbergh

Link to: https://apnews.com/article/adam-driver-star-wars-soderbergh-jarmusch-4e08164d0419759f1b5b50d69864975d?ref=cupofcoffeenews.com

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Brian Dusablon | Duce | Drifter Life @drifterlife.com · 6d

Got mine last week. No issues. Thankful we can still get them.

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Brian Dusablon | Duce | Drifter Life @drifterlife.com · 7d

“When Microsoft opened a data center in central Mexico last year, nearby residents said power cuts became more frequent. Water outages, which once lasted days, stretched for weeks. The shortages led to school cancellations and the spread of stomach bugs…”

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/20/t...

From Mexico to Ireland, Fury Mounts Over a Global A.I. Frenzy

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Brian Dusablon | Duce | Drifter Life @drifterlife.com · 7d

“Frivolity and absurdity are kryptonite to authoritarians who project the stern-father archetype to their followers. Once the pants are lowered and the undies of the despot are glimpsed, there is no point of return."

NextDraft: Pump and Dump

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Opinion | The Rise of the Inflatable Chicken Resistance

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Erika Hall @erikahall.bsky.social · 11d

What I did instead of writing today. So stupid.

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Eric Shmeric @ericdienstfrey.bsky.social · 14d

So Jurassic Park is about a group of rich people who don't understand that biology is far more complicated than "there are only two genders" and how this ignorance toward gender fluidity in nature causes these rich people to lose their money and die.

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Leah Millis @leahmillis.bsky.social · 13d

The @chicago.suntimes.com photographer who risked their personal health and safety to take this photograph is Anthony Vazquez. Please credit photographers and media outlets. In this age of misinformation, a photo with no context could be anything at all.

50501: The People’s Movement ❌👑 @50501movement.bsky.social · 13d

Please remind us who the domestic terrorists are again.

Photo from Chicago: DHS militarized agent holding a gun up directly in someone’s face as the victim has their hands up, pleading for them not to shoot.

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Brian Dusablon | Duce | Drifter Life @drifterlife.com · 13d

“Rejecting an honest account of the past makes it impossible to see accurate patterns.”

heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/october-12...

October 12, 2025

On October 9, President Donald J.

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Brian Dusablon | Duce | Drifter Life @drifterlife.com · 14d

Getting high in the morning
Not answering calls
Volleyball
Beach ball
Surfboard, baseballs
Sports!

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Sports

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Brian Dusablon | Duce | Drifter Life @drifterlife.com · 14d

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Bob Ross paintings will be auctioned in support of U.S. public TV stations | CBC News

Thirty paintings by Ross, whose TV show The Joy of Painting aired on public TV stations in the 1980s and 90s, will be auctioned off with proceeds going to stations that use content from distributor Am...

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BikePortland @bikeportland.org · 15d

Amazing Emergency Naked Ride. Here’s the moment thousands of riders rolled through the protests at the ICE facility and cheers erupted. 😮💯

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Christen Rexing, PhD, MPH @christenrexing.bsky.social · 16d

Happy Sunday! 🪼

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Brian Dusablon | Duce | Drifter Life @drifterlife.com · 17d

www.rte.ie/culture/2025...

Budget 2026: Basic Income for Artists Scheme to become permanent

The Government's basic income scheme for artists is set to become a permanent fixture from next year, with 2,000 new places to be made available under Budget 2026.

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Brian Dusablon | Duce | Drifter Life @drifterlife.com · 17d

“Even if you're the most interesting human being on earth, if you're doing most of the talking, someone else is bored.”

LIZ PLANK - "FOR THE LOVE OF MEN"

Brian Dusablon | Duce | Drifter Life @drifterlife.com · 19d

😂 So true.

“Virginia Woolf was a storyteller.

Shel Silverstein was a storyteller.

You work in tech, shitbird.”

– @theoatmeal.bsky.social

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Brian Dusablon | Duce | Drifter Life @drifterlife.com · 19d

“consuming Al art is like
eating styrofoam.”

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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Brian Dusablon | Duce | Drifter Life @drifterlife.com · 19d

👏🏼

More Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 19d

Microsoft has withdrawn its proposal for a data center in a Milwaukee suburbs after community pushback.

After opposition from area residents and elected officials the 244 acre Caledonia project will not proceed.

Microsoft drops Caledonia data center after facing opposition. Company looking for new site

Outcry from residents and elected officials caused Microsoft to drop the Caledonia plan. But the company is seeking an alternative site.

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Brian Dusablon | Duce | Drifter Life @drifterlife.com · 19d

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“If there were a Baseball Fan Hall of Fame, Jameson Turner would be elected on the first ballot.”

An Instant Fan Legend

“I waved at him when he came up,” Turner said. “Maybe he saw me.”

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Chibdm @chibdm.bsky.social · 21d

Robin Williams' daughter has some quality thoughts on AI slop

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