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Deb Chachra @debcha.bsky.social · 9h

The appropriate reparations for centuries of extractive colonialism is freely providing the resources — technology, tools, money — to build out local renewable energy infrastructure globally, so that every human community has access to energy ample to meet all their needs so they can thrive.

Zach Weinersmith @zachweinersmith.bsky.social · 3d

Do you have any extremely niche, but serious, ethical stances?

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Eric Blair @protecttruth.bsky.social · 11h

every time I hear about one of the Palantir oligarch types, I wonder if they actual read this part of Lord of the Rings.

It's the most important quote in the whole trilogy!

Eric Blair @protecttruth.bsky.social · 19h

Tolkien had a lot to say about this.

“The way of the Ring to my heart is through pity, pity for weakness and the desire of strength to do good…”

The Ring is money.
The antidote is democracy and distributing power— giving power to the People, and taking it from billionaires.

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gobsmacked @gobsmacked.bsky.social · 7h

a man with glasses is covering his mouth in front of a thank you sign

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Maria Bustillos @mariabustillos.com · 13h

Allowing the distribution (and therefore ownership) of library ebooks to remain in the hands of private industry is morally wrong

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Columbine @redcolumbine.bsky.social · 11h

Neil Young to Remove His Music From Amazon: ‘Buy Local’ Because ‘Bezos Supports This Government’

Neil Young will soon be removing his music catalog from Amazon in an effort to encourage others to 'buy local' and in opposition of Jeff Bezos.

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David Benedict @eggsbened.bsky.social · 15h

Today would be a good day (unless you live in Paris) to watch this and if you don’t recognise it that’s because it’s the British title for The Hot Rock –we don’t use the slang term “rocks”.
Have always been fond of Peter Yates films, especially Breaking Away which is a beautifully played wonder.

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The New Yorker @newyorker.com · 12h

“Sesame Street” and its sequel, “The Electric Company,” were, “with lapses, the most intelligent and important programs in television,” Renata Adler wrote, in 1972. https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/1972/06/03/cookie-oscar-grover-herry-ernie-and-company

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gobsmacked @gobsmacked.bsky.social · 8h

Correct.

Though have to also acknowledge excellent Bernard Herrmann score and Saul Bass title sequence

Kathryn K. @bicoastalkate.bsky.social · 10h

Vertigo has amateurish special effects, an unbelievable plot, a comic villain, and Kim Novak (yuk). The best things about it are the location shots of San Francisco and Barbara Bel Geddes.

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gobsmacked @gobsmacked.bsky.social · 9h

The waters of the north Pacific have had their warmest summer on record, according to BBC analysis of a mysterious marine heatwave that has confounded climate scientists

Mysterious 'warm blob' breaks records in the North Pacific Ocean

Temperatures have surged across a large area of the north Pacific - and scientists don't know exactly why.

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Moira Donegan @moiradonegan.bsky.social · 12h

The epistemic isolation of New York Times editors needs to be studied

antifa’s girlfriend @asusophomore.bsky.social · 13h

This guy was probably pretty excited when Olivia Nuzzi got hired by Vanity Fair.

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gobsmacked @gobsmacked.bsky.social · 9h

And I spent A LOT of time in the Fitzroy Tavern imagining I was sitting where Dylan Thomas or George Orwell sat.

Also The Eagle & Child in Oxford en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Eag...

Two pictures. Three story corner building with a sign with name of pub. Interior room - fireplace, wainscoting, tables

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AffirmationCoyote.bsky.social @affirmationcoyote.bsky.social · 10h

Tomorrow -- Monday -- is National Chicken and Waffles Day.

Affirmation Coyote wanted you to know so you could plan ahead.

a waffle with bacon being spread on it is on a plate .

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gobsmacked @gobsmacked.bsky.social · 10h

I went to Milne’s in Edinburgh because Hugh MacDiarmid drank there.

fesshole 🧻 @fesshole.bsky.social · 15h

I'm a landlord of a pub. Have spun a story that a major literary figure used to drink at my inn back in the 1700s. Completely untrue, but tourists love to visit the pub and sit in his 'seat'. All bollocks, but it's great for business.

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Jeff Billington @facesofjeff.bsky.social · 17h

Who robbed the Louvre? right answers only

Brigitte Auber in Hitchcock’s TO CATCH A THIEF (1955)

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Carrie Tait @carrietait.bsky.social · 13h

This photo accompanying a news story about the heist at the Louvre is perfection.

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Asher Wolf @asherwolf.bsky.social · 1d

US credit and data trader Experian has been fined €2.7 million by the Dutch privacy watchdog AP for illegally collecting and selling personal information to assess creditworthiness www.dutchnews.nl/2025/10/priv...

Privacy watchdog hands €2.7 m fine to credit score firm Experian - DutchNews.nl

US credit and data trader Experian has been fined €2.7 million by the Dutch privacy watchdog AP for illegally collecting and selling personal information to assess creditworthiness. The company sold ...

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gobsmacked @gobsmacked.bsky.social · 10h

Hundreds of London schools are set to receive new air quality filters in a £2.7m scheme designed to reduce pollution in classrooms and protect children's health.

London schools to get filters to cut classroom air pollution

City Hall says it is paying for about 200 schools to receive classroom air quality filters.

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Nick Pettigrew @nick-pettigrew.bsky.social · 22h

America is being run by people whose social media presence would see them getting fired from a part time job stacking shelves.
If you worked at Aldi and posted a video of you pouring shit all over Aldi customers, you wouldn't work at Aldi.

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gobsmacked @gobsmacked.bsky.social · 10h

a man in a helmet with the words " this is the way " above him

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gobsmacked @gobsmacked.bsky.social · 10h

Dubai chocolate is human rights-washing

Zach Weinersmith @zachweinersmith.bsky.social · 3d

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gobsmacked @gobsmacked.bsky.social · 10h

If you have a racist friend
Now is the time for your friendship to end m.youtube.com/watch?v=gqH_...

The Specials - Racist Friend (Official Music Video)

YouTube video by TheSpecialsOfficVEVO

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gobsmacked @gobsmacked.bsky.social · 12h

Such a good photo

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gobsmacked @gobsmacked.bsky.social · 12h

So good, right?

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BeijingPalmer @beijingpalmer.bsky.social · 16h

so I gather this is a lot of people's first middle east cease fire.

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gobsmacked @gobsmacked.bsky.social · 12h

If you steal 10s of thousands of dollars from someone to pay your bills, you’d probably expect to go to jail if caught. Even if you’d hoped to be able to pay it back someday.

Companies and executives do it ALL. THE. TIME.

Jim Kane @kanejim.bsky.social · 19h

also, no one should have to worry about this.

Her 401(k) Contributions Vanished—and Her Company Had No Answers

One woman’s quest to recover more than $50,000 in missing 401(k) money shows the risks in some small retirement plans.

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