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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 6h

Weird story: Around 6 am PT today residents of a Eugene, OR apartment complex were awoken by several unmarked cars with flashing lights and two flash bangs. A witness said agents were speaking in Spanish and demanded people come out of an apartment with their hands up. Turns out the agents were FBI.

FBI conducts raid at the Woodland Creek Apartments in Eugene

The FBI confirmed agents conducted a "court-authorized law enforcement activity" in the 1300 block of Quaker Street on Oct. 15.

www.registerguard.com

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Kate Ross @kateross.bsky.social · 5h

😂

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Kate Ross @kateross.bsky.social · 6h

I thought this was about xAI data center Colossus 2 at first

Ryan Mac 🙃 @rmac.bsky.social · 8h

this is the dumbest shit i have ever read

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Lora Kolodny @lorak.bsky.social · 10h

Tesla demand in focus after Trump policies lead GM, Ford to retreat from EV ambitions -- www.cnbc.com/2025/10/15/t... (Lot of fans and investors assume Tesla will be relatively unscathed by Trump's rolling back policies that were good for EVs and climate... Analysts disagree.)

Tesla demand in focus after Trump policies lead GM, Ford to retreat from EV ambitions

When Tesla reports earnings next week, many investors will be paying close attention to any commentary on electric vehicle demand.

www.cnbc.com

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Stanislav Vysotsky @professorstas.bsky.social · 9h

Since Politico decided to delete their post, here is the article where J.D. Vance says that fascist posts by Young Republicans are just dumb kids who will grow out of it.

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Kate Ross @kateross.bsky.social · 7h

You are not alone.

Late Night Anti-Fascists @latenightafa.bsky.social · 15h

"Anti-fascism is growing, because our fucked up situation forces us to stand together."

𝚈𝚘𝚞 𝚊𝚛𝚎 𝚗𝚘𝚝 𝚊𝚕𝚘𝚗𝚎.

Video: The Aesthetics of Anti-Fascism by Ben Hoerman

The Aesthetics of Anti-Fascism

YouTube video by Ben Hoerman

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Late Night Anti-Fascists @latenightafa.bsky.social · 15h

"Anti-fascism is growing, because our fucked up situation forces us to stand together."

𝚈𝚘𝚞 𝚊𝚛𝚎 𝚗𝚘𝚝 𝚊𝚕𝚘𝚗𝚎.

Video: The Aesthetics of Anti-Fascism by Ben Hoerman

The Aesthetics of Anti-Fascism

YouTube video by Ben Hoerman

youtu.be

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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 8h

NBC News has reportedly eliminated its NBC BLK, NBC Asian America, NBC Latino and NBC OUT teams

NBC News’ 150 Layoffs Gut Black, Latino, Asian American and LGBTQ+ Diversity Teams

The cuts affected teams across the NBC News operation and came as the network no longer needed to support two different news operations. MSNBC has begun growing its own newsroom, hiring swaths of tale...

www.thewrap.com

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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 17h

“A clarinet player was arrested after playing her instrument to the tune of the ‘Ghostbusters’ theme song outside of a Portland ICE facility…”

Musician playing ‘Ghostbusters’ outside ICE facility is arrested by agents

‘Taking us citizens out of state to detain them without charge is a new action from the Feds and should be opposed,’ her band said

www.independent.co.uk

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Chantal James @chantalalive.blacksky.app · 10h

It's stratifications in society that make some people feel they can deny authoritarianism here, because they're advantaged & they don't feel it or can consume their ways out of feeling it.

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Harebrained @harebrained.bsky.social · 5d

Preorder now! $8 per screenprinted shirt is going to the ICIRR (Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights)

www.harebraineddesign.com

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The People's Fabric @peoplesfabric.com · 13h

1. This is a cool local business selling original designs.

2. Proceeds go to a good cause.

3. This makes me wonder if Abolish ICE will finally make a serious run in the city’s snowplow naming contest this year.

Harebrained @harebrained.bsky.social · 5d

Preorder now! $8 per screenprinted shirt is going to the ICIRR (Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights)

www.harebraineddesign.com

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Justin Baragona @justinbaragona.bsky.social · 10h

seems legit to me

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Anonymous @youranoncentral.bsky.social · 10h

Trump ICE regime troops assaulted and abducted a 15 year old American girl and two other US teens, a 250+ pound regime agent set his knee on her neck during the violent attack.

"They were telling them they were U.S. citizens, and they didn't care."

www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news...

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Kate Ross @kateross.bsky.social · 10h

I think there are many who agree you but the admin fired a bunch of people from independent regulatary boards around nuclear.

Kate Ross @kateross.bsky.social · Aug 1

In a two week period:

Trump fired 7 of the 8 members who do independent federal oversight on nuclear waste.

Peter Thiel (Palantir) is found to be backing the first privately developed uranium enrichment facility in the US.

Billionaire Peter Thiel backing first privately developed US uranium enrichment facility in Paducah

A California-based company with ties to billionaire investor and Trump ally Peter Thiel announced plans Friday to build America’s first U.S.-owned, privately developed facility to enrich uranium in fa...

www.wkms.org

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Kate Ross @kateross.bsky.social · 10h

This article does a good job at showing ways to recognize coded imagery and language used by fascists if you don’t spend much time looking at it.

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Kate Ross @kateross.bsky.social · 10h

Oh, now they are sending subpoenas to nonprofits critical thinking of OpenAI asking for donors lists alleging they are working with Musk.

Chilling speech critical of their company.

OpenAI accused of using legal tactics to silence nonprofits

Seven nonprofits that have been critical of OpenAI say the behemoth sent them wide-ranging subpoenas as part of its ongoing litigation against Elon Musk.

www.nbcnews.com

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Holly Anderson 🍇 @hollyanderson.bsky.social · 12h

you fucked around and now the Episcopalians are doing memes. are you happy now. are you

Screenshot of a Facebook post featuring three of the Portland protesters wearing inflatable frog costumes with the following text:

Episcopalians on Facebook
Elizabeth Rose Elrod • 22h •
Exodus 8:2-6
"But if you refuse to let them go, I will plague your whole country with frogs...
The frogs shall come up on you and on your people and on all your officials."

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 11h

ICE just arrested a singing giraffe in Portland.

Robby Roadsteamer @roadsteamer.bsky.social · 13h

🚨 *Breaking News* Robby Roadsteamer has been detained by ICE Portland after singing Rod Stewart with the Portland Frog! We need your help!

Please support Robby's campaign and lawyer fees at robbyroadsteamer.com link on bio 💙🦒🦒🦒

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Kate Ross @kateross.bsky.social · 11h

Speedrunning their nuclear investments.

Kate Ross @kateross.bsky.social · 1d

Former Fox News anchor, Pete Hegseth will lead new nuclear project called the Janus Program per EO 14299.

“Deploying Advanced Nuclear Reactor Technologies for National Security,”commence operation of an Army-regulated nuclear reactor at a domestic military installation no later than 9/30/28.”

www.army.mil

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Kate Ross @kateross.bsky.social · 12h

They need to push nuclear fast to power their circular financing scheme.

We all want energy solutions but the “move fast and break things” crowd needs some regulations.

Kate Ross @kateross.bsky.social · 23h

While we deal with an authoritarian takeover and watching our neighbors get kidnapped the billionaires are getting richer and going to hoard all the energy.

OpenAI had already struck deals for data centers and chips that easily top $1 trillion.

OpenAl's wave of Al infrastructure deals

Company Deal Description
Broadcom
OpenAl signs deal with Broadcom to collaborate on custom chips.
AMD
OpenAl agrees to deploy billions of dollars worth of AMD chips.
Nvidia
Nvidia agrees to invest up to $100 billion for OpenAl data centers.

CoreWeave OpenAl to pay CoreWeave as much as $22.4 billion for
cloud services.
Oracle
OpenAl inks a $300 billion cloud deal with Oracle.
recent deals.
Source: Bloomberg News reporting
Note: These deals represent a selection of OpenAl's
Bloomberg

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Kate Ross @kateross.bsky.social · 12h

They need to push nuclear fast to power their circular financing scheme.

We all want energy solutions but the “move fast and break things” crowd needs some regulations.

Kate Ross @kateross.bsky.social · 23h

While we deal with an authoritarian takeover and watching our neighbors get kidnapped the billionaires are getting richer and going to hoard all the energy.

OpenAI had already struck deals for data centers and chips that easily top $1 trillion.

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Kate Ross @kateross.bsky.social · 1d

Former Fox News anchor, Pete Hegseth will lead new nuclear project called the Janus Program per EO 14299.

“Deploying Advanced Nuclear Reactor Technologies for National Security,”commence operation of an Army-regulated nuclear reactor at a domestic military installation no later than 9/30/28.”

www.army.mil

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Leah McElrath @leahmcelrath.bsky.social · 1d

This thread is…concerning.

(I get more understated the more alarmed I am.)

Kate Ross @kateross.bsky.social · Aug 1

In a two week period:

Trump fired 7 of the 8 members who do independent federal oversight on nuclear waste.

Peter Thiel (Palantir) is found to be backing the first privately developed uranium enrichment facility in the US.

Billionaire Peter Thiel backing first privately developed US uranium enrichment facility in Paducah

A California-based company with ties to billionaire investor and Trump ally Peter Thiel announced plans Friday to build America’s first U.S.-owned, privately developed facility to enrich uranium in fa...

www.wkms.org

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Kurtbert Barlowko @albertburneko.bsky.social · 13h

"disliking me is persecution" describes so incredibly many people's entire outlook these days defector.com/free-press-r...

Free Press Reporter Discovers That Being An Amoral Dickhead Can Cost You Friends | Defector

It can be hard to maintain friendships as an adult. People move to new cities, start families, and experience all sorts of other life events that make it difficult to keep in touch. Sometimes, you end...

defector.com

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