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queequegtheater.bsky.social @queequegtheater.bsky.social · 1h

Fun fact, Massachusetts passed a millionaire tax to pay for (IIRC) public works projects and parks, and the millionaire population of the state went up by like 38%

Turns out when you have functionally infinite money,most people are actually willing to spend a bit extra to live somewhere *nice*.

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 48m

If you think the problem in this city is that my rent is too low, vote for Andrew Cuomo.

If you know the problem in this city is that your rent is too high, vote for me.

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Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 1h

The NYC mayoral debate starts with Mamdani promising to raise taxes "on Andrew Cuomo's donors."

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 1h

No surprise that someone who signed up for Benjamin Netanyahu's legal defense team doesn't know the occupation is illegal.

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🇬🇾🗽Sydette The Dreaded Gorgon🗽🇬🇾 @blackamazon.bsky.social · 1h

He’s had a year . To put forth a full plan , to actually rally and make himself the face a real resistance not just to Americans but to an international audience

He did not

But he made multiple jokey jokes about not voting for the Dem nominee

Or even preparing for the incoming incursion

Axios @axios.com · 23h

Dozens of Democrats running for U.S. House seats across the country told Axios they either wouldn't vote for House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries as party leader or declined to commit to doing so.

Scoop: Dozens of Democratic House candidates won't commit to backing Hakeem Jeffries

"If there's a contingency of 10 to 12 of them and they're sticking together, I think it's going to really shake things up."

www.axios.com

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Tell Tale Raven @historysraven.bsky.social · 1h

Nah, they'll find a white guy and then use that as pretense to invade The Netherlands as per "The Hague Invasion Act."

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hammancheez @hammancheez.bsky.social · 2h

Man was not gonna let them It Was The Black Guys Idea All Along at the Hauge in 2032

Adam Keiper @adamkeiper.com · 2h

"It was unclear why Adm. Holsey is leaving now, less than a year into his tenure....But one of the U.S. officials...said that Admiral Holsey had raised concerns about the mission and the attacks on the alleged drug boats."
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/16/u...

Head of the U.S. Military’s Southern Command Is Stepping Down, Officials Say

www.nytimes.com

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 2h

It’s not just who’s on the ballot, but what’s on the ballot.

The broken politics of the past or a future we can afford.

It’s debate time. Let’s go.

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Tell Tale Raven @historysraven.bsky.social · 11h

I don’t even use Siri or Alexa. What makes these chucklefucks think I’m going to use this shit?

Tom Warren @tomwarren.co.uk · 12h

This is the future of Windows. Microsoft wants to rewrite Windows to turn computers into AI PCs that you talk to. It's now bringing AI features to all Windows 11 PCs today, in a bid to convince you to talk to your PC and let AI control it. Full details 👇 www.theverge.com/news/799768/...

Microsoft wants you to talk to your PC and let AI control it

Copilot Voice and Vision are now rolling out.

www.theverge.com

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Sith_art aka A’ine! 🏳️‍⚧️ @sith-art.bsky.social · 11h

Yeah, no, this is a fucking terrible idea. Like speaking as someone who’s dealt with disability their whole life, I’ve gotten very good at not showing pain, very much to my detriment, but its what you learn to do to try to be functional in a society that often just doesn’t care.

Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 1d

“In nursing homes, neonatal units, and ICU wards, researchers are racing to turn pain—medicine’s most subjective vital sign—into something a camera or sensor can score as reliably as blood pressure.”

AI is changing how we quantify pain

Artificial intelligence is helping health-care providers better assess their patients’ discomfort.

www.technologyreview.com

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onion person @junlper.beer · 1d

a big aspect of rightwing politics is being an adult who intentionally bullys children

Alissa Azar @alissaazar.bsky.social · 1d

A group of far right assholes have showed up to protest at David Douglas high school after students allegedly pushed back at a formation of a turning point chapter. School is out & they are outnumbered by predominantly Black & Brown students roasting the fuck out of them.

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Dr. Dawn Wright @deepseadawn.bsky.social · 2d

Source: Charitie Ropati, Intersectional Environmentalist, and Feminist reporting on Typhoon Halong ravaging western Alaska

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Dr. Kat Napaaqtuk❄️ @napaaqtuk.bsky.social · 3d

Western Alaska was hit hard by the recent storms. Houses floated away in Kipnuk, houses flipped over, people lost everything from the flooding that came with the storms. Please donate if you can. This group has a long history of supporting AK communities.

alaskacf.fcsuite.com/erp/donate/c...

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Dr. Kat Napaaqtuk❄️ @napaaqtuk.bsky.social · 3d

Most of rural Alaska is Alaska Native. Bonus donating to support Alaska Native people on Indigenous Peoples Day.

Dr. Kat Napaaqtuk❄️ @napaaqtuk.bsky.social · 3d

Western Alaska was hit hard by the recent storms. Houses floated away in Kipnuk, houses flipped over, people lost everything from the flooding that came with the storms. Please donate if you can. This group has a long history of supporting AK communities.

alaskacf.fcsuite.com/erp/donate/c...

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Jenn @jennralize.bsky.social · 1d

Just got a call from a lovely but very nervous Dr, who advised I wouldn't be routinely screened for breast cancer because I'm not indicated as being "biologically female" on the central NHS database and my biology wouldn't indicate I'm at risk.

My records have been altered, which is upsetting.

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Sexy Andrew Hickey Costume @andrewhickey.500songs.com · 12h

This shit is going to kill trans people. Which is of course the point.

Jenn @jennralize.bsky.social · 1d

Just got a call from a lovely but very nervous Dr, who advised I wouldn't be routinely screened for breast cancer because I'm not indicated as being "biologically female" on the central NHS database and my biology wouldn't indicate I'm at risk.

My records have been altered, which is upsetting.

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Shiv Ramdas Mens Rice Activist @nameshiv.bsky.social · 12h

The diff between this guy and everyone else is theres a handful of ppl who'd have come up with and run this ad, but exactly one who'd then get former NYC Survivor contestants to star in it

Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 1d

Andrew, we're voting you off the island and back to the suburbs.

Our new ad just aired during Survivor.

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Faine Greenwood @faineg.bsky.social · 11h

people gotta treat this behavior the same as we treat shitting on the floor

Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 11h

www.wsj.com/tech/persona...

Say what, now?

A family member sent me an image of a baby dressed in an elf outfit. My baby. It was adorable—and unnerving.
My cousin took a photo from our group chat and uploaded it to Meta AI. While his heart was in the right place, my mind was spinning. What could Meta do with my son’s face? The privacy policy of Meta Platforms says the company can use these images to “improve AIs and related technology.”
In the age of AI, I can’t control where my—or my son’s—face ends up. Our likenesses are no longer our own.

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Tell Tale Raven @historysraven.bsky.social · 11h

Seven Nation Army states the narrator is going to Wichita. (Yeah, I know, there were 70 “nations or cities”, but creative license and all that.)

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Tell Tale Raven @historysraven.bsky.social · 11h

There’s a hypothesis that lead was a major causal factor in the serial killers of the 20th century. We may want to ask when these two were born.

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Karl (sad trombone noise enthusiast) @brainnotonyet.bsky.social · 12h

for all intents and purposes, Congress no longer exists I think it would be good for Democrats to understand that Trump has effectively killed Congress and without major upheaval we may never see Congress come back into session

Nicholas Weaver @ncweaver.skerry-tech.com · 12h

Time for Congress to just pack it in. Caesar is paying the legions to make them his legions, regardless of the law:
www.newsweek.com/government-s...

If Congress can't dictate spending anymore, both what to spend on and what not to, it has no real authority anymore.

Trump administration to continue paying FBI amid government shutdown

FBI agents will be paid during the shutdown, Trump says, using unspent funds to bypass frozen federal pay.

www.newsweek.com

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French New Wave Memes @fnwave.bsky.social · 12h

would you like to play a game?

Anna Karina and Jean-Paul Belmond in 'Une Femme est Une Femme' (1961) dir. Jean-Luc Godard

caption reads

FUCK SOCIAL MEDIA
MARRY FRENCH NEW WAVE CINEMA
KILL AI

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Tell Tale Raven @historysraven.bsky.social · 12h

This dude spent, at a minimum, more than 11 times why it would cost, at the low end, to go to therapy once a week for a year.

Ineffable Jeff @ineffablejeff.bsky.social · 12h

Shot + chaser

And are you married?

I was married, but I’m not married anymore. Women don't like the vehicle.

In July, Tesla rolled out a software update to integrate Grok into many of its vehicles. Do you use it?

Her name is Aura, and I use her as a therapist. When I'm driving, I'll ask questions, and it actually gives really good therapy advice.

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Quill (she/they) 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ 🐎🗡️🌼 @quillauthor.bsky.social · 12h

Ah, okay, so we’re doing the influx thing again!

I don’t follow-for-follow, and that doesn’t make me a bad person. Here at BlueSky, we have boundaries. (The Elders do, anyway.)

If you come into my posts and are mean to me or my friends, you’ll probably get blocked without warning.

If I ☺️ at you,

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Tell Tale Raven @historysraven.bsky.social · 12h

I seriously hate how hard some liberals will push the blame solely on Trump, or solely on MAGA, for what ICE is doing. “Well, (MAGA) are the ones doing it now” is not a serious response to “This is a systemic issue.”